Unless you've been a very bad boy!Originally posted by electricmanscott:
A closet is not a bedroom.
Nothing stops you from putting it on an afci circuit either,for the most part the switch is within the bedroom hense afci protected since point of utilization is wihin the bedroom and afci requiredOriginally posted by aelectricalman:
If the closet is off of the bedroom, I think it would make things alot easier, since you can keep it on the bedroom circuit.
This is not entirely true,Originally posted by electricmanscott:
A walk in closet is not a bedroom. The fact that the closets only access is from a bedroom is a weak argument. What about a bathroom, or a receptacle on a deck outside the bedroom? Where do you draw the line? The NEC specifies "Branch circuits supplying outlets installed in dwelling unit bedrooms" are required to have afci protection. That's where it ends. Also switches that control outlets outside of the bedroom are NOT required to have afci protection. Switches are not outlets.
Originally posted by georgestolz:
Where do I find that?![]()
Being that Larry is an Inspector in Cal, I would say that Roy's question has been answered in Larry's post and Charlie b's request that the thread stays on topic should be adhered too.Originally posted by sandsnow:
If you're asking if the California Electrical Code requires it, the answer is no.
As always, call the AHJ and ask how they see it.
In our city a closet is not a bedroom.
Charlie, please accept my apology for not adhering to your request to not debate the outlet issue. I was too quick to reply to George that I didn?t read your entire post.Originally posted by charlie b:
If this thread starts to develop into a debate over whether a switch (or, as jwelectric correctly pointed out, the box into which the switch is install) constitutes an ?outlet,? then I will terminate the discussion. That debate has already taken place, at length, and my recollection is that the debate came to no satisfactory conclusion. If anyone wants to take the time to look for the previous debate, you are welcome. I?ll not invest the time.
Please keep to the original topic.