Dwelling unit bathrooms

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Hitschamp

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If you have a 20 amp circuit supply a single bathroom can that 20 amp circuit supply your outlet your lighting and your exhaust fan I think it can if you look at 210.8 (c) (3) exception with 210.23 (A)(1). What do you think
 
GoldDigger said:
A 20A circuit supplying receptacle(s) in one bathroom can either also serve lights and fan in that same bathroom or supply receptacles only in other bathrooms.
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I'm not sure I'm in agreement with you on this. The way I understand it, you can have ONE 20 amp GFCI protected circuit serving the receptacles in ALL bathrooms in the house if you choose to wire it that way. It's just my opinion but I think that's the cheap way out but it's compliant. However, if you choose to have ONE 20 amp circuit serve ALL the devices, lights and fan in one bathroom that circuit cannot serve any other room. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

The other downside of doing it that way is you have to use #12 to wire everything. A real PITA IMHO :)
 
goldstar said:
I'm not sure I'm in agreement with you on this. The way I understand it, you can have ONE 20 amp GFCI protected circuit serving the receptacles in ALL bathrooms in the house if you choose to wire it that way. It's just my opinion but I think that's the cheap way out but it's compliant. However, if you choose to have ONE 20 amp circuit serve ALL the devices, lights and fan in one bathroom that circuit cannot serve any other room. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

The other downside of doing it that way is you have to use #12 to wire everything. A real PITA IMHO :)
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I’m reading your post and GoldDigger’s post and I think they both say the same thing, which I’m in agreement with.
lights, fans, receptacles in ONE bathroom, or receptacles only in multiple bathrooms.
I’m with you on this one, I think it’s a cheap way out and a disservice to the customer with todays bathroom loads.
I can see a definite need for two circuits in bathrooms with hair dryer and curling iron loads.
Went to a tripping breaker call for a bathroom where there was a curling iron, dryer, and a space heater on AT THE SAME TIME.
And they wondered why the breaker tripped all the time…
 
Hv&Lv said:
I’m reading your post and GoldDigger’s post and I think they both say the same thing, which I’m in agreement with.
lights, fans, receptacles in ONE bathroom, or receptacles only in multiple bathrooms.
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I agree, Digger said or meaning the same thing Goldstar said.
 
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