20A receptacle on MWBC
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LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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No, but it is against the rules to have ethernet cables hanging sideways without proper support.
I swear I uploaded it straightNo, but it is against the rules to have ethernet cables hanging sideways without proper support.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but, it is a violation to have multiple 20a receptacles on a 20a branch circuit.No, but it is against the rules to have ethernet cables hanging sideways without proper support.
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LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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You are hereby corrected. A single receptacle on a 20a circuit requires a 20a receptacle, but not limited to just one.
Multiple 15a receptacles on a 20a circuit is an exception, if that's what you're thinking.
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No. Look at Table 210.24.
So, if that were true you couldn't put multiple 15A recepts on a typical 15 amp residential circuit either.
Roger
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Larry answered you. You can have multiple 20 amp receptacles on a 20 amp circuit. I am not sure what a multiwire circuit has to do with the question.
Look at any commercial job--- 20 amp receptacles on a 20 amp circuit all over. Do you think each receptacle has a separate circuit? Of course not.
kwired
Electron manager
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You could have a single duplex with the connecting tab between them broke off and put each half on different half of the MWBC.
hbiss
EC, Westchester, New York NEC: 2014
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I wonder what they think is going to have 20A plugs on it? I always laugh when I see 20A receptacles in residential. What for?
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LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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We once wired a government-subsidized apartment rebuild, and every circuit was 12g NM on 20a circuits with all 20a receptacles.
kwired
Electron manager
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Even non residential, most anything that will have a 20 amp plug is something you probably want to run an individual circuit to and seems somewhat pointless to use 20 amp receptacles on multioutlet circuits.
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