Circuit extension into laundry room from other room?

[pfus]

Goal:
- adding a outlet in laundry room on wall shared with powder room.

The situation:
- laundry room and power room share a wall.
- laundry room wall that is shared with power room has no outlet.
- laundry room has two outlets and one light - all on same dedicated circuit
- power room has a respectable on shared wall that would be ideal to tie into.

Question:
- does code prevent to extend an outlet into laundry room from other room on same circuit as long is it s clear it could not be used for washer/dryer? (opposite would not be )

 

[infinity]

You said powder room, does this meet the definition of a bathroom? If so the bathroom receptacle circuit cannot supply a receptacle in the laundry room.

 

[480sparky]

.......
- laundry room has two outlets and one light - all on same dedicated circuit
.........

There's a violation right there.

 

[pfus]

I should have thought about this before posting.

Currently, (to my surprise) the power room circuit actually drives
- power room light, exhaust, and one outlet
- one outlet in hallway
- laundry room light, exhaust, and one outlet (not washer/dryer).

I found this thread:
https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/laundry-room-outlets.27475/
discussing a related topic without the powder room twist.


@480sparky : sorry, I was wrong. Laundry room circuit only drives dedicated washer/dryer outlet. Rest is from powder room.
Now, if powder room qualifies as bathroom this would be a violation....

 

[pfus]

I guess the resulting two key questions are:
- is a powder room a bathroom?
- can a laundry room contain an outlet from another circuit

 

[480sparky]

I guess the resulting two key questions are:
- is a powder room a bathroom?

Does it fit the definition of a bathroom in Art. 100?

- can a laundry room contain an outlet from another circuit

Yes.

 

[infinity]

Here's the Article 100 definition of a bathroom:

Bathroom. An area including a basin with one or more of the following: a toilet, a urinal, a tub, a shower, a bidet, or similar
plumbing fixtures.

 

[tom baker]

What this post is calling a laundry room, in the NEC its the laundry area. A bedroom with a washer-dryer is a laundry area. The code only requires at least one receptacle for the laundry area.

 

[tom baker]

There's a violation right there.

Where is this requirement in the code?

 

[pfus]

So, a powder room is a bathroom. Therefore, the circuit has to be dedicated and contained in this bathroom. That will require some rework in the laundry room. Laundry room light and fan need to be fed by other circuit.

 

[infinity]

- laundry room has two outlets and one light - all on same dedicated circuit

There's a violation right there.

Where is this requirement in the code?

The light on the laundry circuit is the issue.

 

[tom baker]

Maybe, what is the code section that prohibits that?

 

[tom baker]

So, a powder room is a bathroom. Therefore, the circuit has to be dedicated and contained in this bathroom. That will require some rework in the laundry room. Laundry room light and fan need to be fed by other circuit.

There are two options for bathrooms.
1. 1 circuit for counter top receptacles only, can feed other countertop receptacles
2. One ckt for a bathroom, only one bath, nothing else.

 

[480sparky]

Where is this requirement in the code?

I'm thinking... kinda like...... maybe........ possibly...........the last sentence of 210.11(C)(2).........

 

[tom baker]

I missed that. I was looking at 210.52 f which just talks about laundry area recptacles.