AFCI Code Requirements

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It was my understanding the AFCI's are required specifically in Bedrooms. My inspector (Park City, Utah) is requiring all receptacle AND lighting circuits to be on them as well. Does anyone have the actual language stating where they are required?
 
The language says that all circuits that supply outlets in bedrooms shall have AFCI protection. That is in NEC article 210.12. The definition of "outlet," in NEC article 100, tells us it is a place where current is taken from the premises wiring system to supply utiliztion equipment. This would include receptacle outlets, lighting outlets, smoke detector outlets, and some others. The inspector is correct.
 
The 2008 NEC 210.12(B) Says: All 120-volt, single phase, 15- and 20-ampere branch circuits supplying outlets installed in dwelling unit family rooms, dining rooms, living rooms, parlors, libraries, dens, bedrooms, sunrooms, recreation rooms, closets, hallways, or similar rooms or areas shall be protected by a listed arc-fault circuit interrupter, combination-type, installed to provide protection of the branch circuit.
 
charlie b said:
The language says that all circuits that supply outlets in bedrooms shall have AFCI protection. That is in NEC article 210.12. The definition of "outlet," in NEC article 100, tells us it is a place where current is taken from the premises wiring system to supply utiliztion equipment. This would include receptacle outlets, lighting outlets, smoke detector outlets, and some others. The inspector is correct.
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I believe the inspector is enforcing the 2008, based on what the OP said.
 
resistance said:
I believe the inspector is enforcing the 2008, based on what the OP said.
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480sparky said:
Or the '05 with local amendments.
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I don't think so. We all know that even the 2005 required circuits that serve bedroom lighting outlets to be protected by AFCI. We also know that what the 2008 version did was to extend this requirement beyond the bedrooms. But the original question might have been intended two ways.

The way I read the original question, the originator was hoping we would disagree with the inspector requiring bedroom lighting to be on AFCI. The emphasis was on the word "AND," not the word "all." I think he meant to say that the inspector was requiring all receptacle AND lighting (in the bedroom) to be on AFCI.

Is that right, hkrisle?
 
This is how I read it:
It was my understanding the AFCI's are required specifically in Bedrooms.
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This part is pretty lucid.

My inspector (Park City, Utah) is requiring all receptacle AND lighting circuits to be on them as well.
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Here is where the 2008 comes into play. It sounds like the OP installed AFCI's for the bedrooms only, and now gets a ruling that the 2008 requires more.
 
G0049 said:
I think Charlie's right. According to Park City's website, they're on the 05 code with no local amendments.
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Then the inspector is wrong!
hk,

it may be best to ask your inspector.
 
as per 2005- we always wired all outlets with an AFCI, using Charlies definition of outlet.

If your permit was pulled before the 2008 was adopted then go for Charlies Definition- aka- the inspector is right.
 
If your permit was pulled before the 2008 was adopted then go for Charlies Definition- aka- the inspector is right.
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The inspector is wrong, if he or she is requiring outlets outside the bedroom to be AFCI protected. Read what the OP said:
It was my understanding the AFCI's are required specifically in Bedrooms. My inspector (Park City, Utah) is requiring all receptacle AND lighting circuits to be on them as well <<<<<< I read this as meaning: in addition to the bedroom AFCI requirement.

Lets wait for the OP to respond.
 
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