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My partner and i are having a discussion about a couple of gfci issues perhaps someone here can help us solve this issue....please refer to specific articles in the code when replying...thank you....
He insists on loading the bathroom gfci with the shower light.Now this doesn't much matter except who wants to run 12-2 when you don't have to.He claims that it is a code issue but we cannot find where it says this ...help please.
The second gfci issue is the outlet that is run for the a/h in the attic.to serve as the service outlet for the equipment that is required within 25 feet and on the same level as the equipment. he insist that this must be a gfci.I say it does not have to be gfci in the attic..any help would be appreciated thanks
 
The fixture over the shower will be what mandates whether it is to be GFCI protected or not. See 410.4(D)

210.8 does not list the attic as one of the places that requires GFCI protection. 210,63 requires the receptcle to be installed.
 
You are permitted to supply a bathroom with a 20 amp circuit and put everything within that bathroom on that circuit. This would include the GFCI receptacle and the fan etc. If you choose to wire the bathroom this way, he is correct that you would need to wire the fan with 12-2 since it's on the 20 amp circuit.
 
If the item in the tub or shower area needs GFCI protection, it will be labeled right on the equipment. Every device with a fan that I've seen has a GFCI requirement. Every light without a fan that I've seen does not have the requirement.

Check the label

David
 
You can run the shower light with #14 wire as long as it's not on the same circuit as the bathroom receptacle(s). If you have one circuit for everything in the bathroom, all of it has to be #12 wire.

From a design standpoint, I like to have separate circuits exclusively for hardwired lights. It's almost impossible for the homeowner to overload such a circuit, so the lights stay on unless there's a short or an outage.
 
I would have to agree with the other response that you already have received. If the listing of the light states that if installed over a tub/shower requires it to be GFCI protected then it would need to be Art,110.3. In most cases that I've seen the lights do not require it but a lot of "bath fans" require it. As far as the receptacle in an attic location is not required to be GFCI protected as per Art,210.8. How ever the NEC is only a min. requirement so in booth situations it would not hurt for them to be GFCI protected.
 
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