"exercise studio" ground floor, addition. AFCI / GFCI ?

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I'm quoting wiring for an "exercise studio" that's a little unusual. It's about a 1000 sq ft addition on the back of a barn, no specs, just a sketchy basic floorplan. What kind of space is this? I don't think it's a dwelling, exactly. It's not a garage. Would the receptacles be required to be AFCI / GFCI protected? I'm assuming yes, and maybe.
 
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I'm quoting wiring for an "exercise studio" that's a little unusual. It's about a 1000 sq ft addition on the back of a barn, no specs, just a sketchy basic floorplan. What kind of space is this? I don't think it's a dwelling, exactly. It's not a garage. Would the receptacles be required to be AFCI / GFCI protected? I'm assuming yes, and maybe.
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AFCI: No

GFCI: Doubtful if finished. Most likely finished, so probably not.
 
I recently wired a pool cabana. The cabana is a detached building about 20 feet from the house next to the pool. It's a single large room with a bar area, and a fireplace with a flat screen TV mounted above. Looked like a living room to me so I used AFCI breakers (1 for receps, 1 for lighting/fans) on the subpanel I installed. Inspector told me AFCI's were not needed and I could swap them out for standard breakers. I was stunned. Hard to predict what an inspector will require and it shouldn't be.
 
Hmm, interesting. So I just read the definition of dwelling unit. Seems most of people in the world don't live in dwelling units since they don't have an indoor bathroom. Guess if I lived in India or Africa I'd rarely have to install AFCI's (assuming they follow NEC or similar).
 
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