Bathroom Switched Receptacles

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:smile: Hi fellas,
I am kind'a confused. Per exhibit 210.9 and 210.15, NEC (2005) shows receptacles NOT switched by a light switch as required by 210.70(1). Probablly I'm going in a tangent here. Can somebody explain, do we or not need switched receptacles in a bathroom?
thanks
 
l3city said:
:smile: Hi fellas,
I am kind'a confused. Per exhibit 210.9 and 210.15, NEC (2005) shows receptacles NOT switched by a light switch as required by 210.70(1). Probablly I'm going in a tangent here. Can somebody explain, do we or not need switched receptacles in a bathroom?
thanks
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I don't know what exhibit 210.9 + 15 you're looking at but the one in the '08 Handbook pages 82 + 85 clearly show switches that control hardwired lights which are drawn as open circles. . The plugs are circles with 2 verticle lines thru them and are not switched. . Exhibit 210.15 even shows them on separately colored circuits.
 
210.70 exception # 1 does not apply to kitchens and bathrooms therefore a lighting outlet is required
 
"need switched receptacles in a bathroom?"
No there's no requirement for any kitchen or bathroom plugs to be switched. . In other rooms, there's only a switch requirement for a plug if you have no hardwired lights in that room [210.70(A)(1)].

If you choose to switch the plug, then it doesn't count as the receptacle required under 210.52(D). . "Controlled by a wall switch" receptacles don't count toward satisfying any requirement in 210.52 according to 210.52(2). . You would have to add one additional unswitched plug to comply.
 
Exhibit 210.9 is not showing those receptacles being controlled by the switch. It is just showing the lights on the same circuit as the rec.
 
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