GfCI or ARC FAULT

[gutierrjg]

Hi,if a circuit in a bathroom inside a Master bedroom is protected with ARC FAULT circuit breaker. Do I still have to use a GFCI receptacle?:?

 

[480sparky]

Hi,if a circuit in a bathroom inside a Master bedroom is protected with ARC FAULT circuit breaker. Do I still have to use a GFCI receptacle?:?

Yes. 210.8(A)(1).

But I have to question why it's on an AFCI breaker, though.

 

[gutierrjg]

Is an open bathroom i would say.Is a low wall behind the bed and then the tub, sink, shower and toilet. You can see all that from the bedroom. Now one of the circuit in the bedroom ends in the bathroom wall area to connect a tv

 

[al hildenbrand]

The electronics of an AFCI are not intended to act like the "class A" GFCI protection required in NEC 210.8.

Now, that's not to say that an AFCI doesn't behave, in part, like a GFCI. That, an AFCI does do. It just isn't rated for the "personnel protection" required in 210.8.

(There is one notable exception that comes to mind. Cutler Hammer made a breaker that was both a Branch-Feeder type AFCI and a GFCI. But if you are wiring in an area that now requires the Combination type AFCI, then, you will find that no manufacturer of AFCIs makes an AFCI that is also a GFCI.)

 

[newinspector1]

Yes you would still have to use a GFCI.

 

[480sparky]

Is an open bathroom i would say.Is a low wall behind the bed and then the tub, sink, shower and toilet. You can see all that from the bedroom. Now one of the circuit in the bedroom ends in the bathroom wall area to connect a tv

Once again, in English please.......

If I assume what I think you're saying is correct, look at the NEC definition of a bathoom in Art. 100.

 

[slick 50]

shouldnt you have the bath GFI's on seperate circuit unless being fed from another bath?