Question. Is wiring one side of a duplex recepticle on a 15 amp switch, to control a lamp off a lighting circuit, and wiring the other side of the duplex recepticle on a 20 amp circuit, with other duplex recepticles, allowed by the NEC? This is for a home floor recepticle and the tabs on both the hot and neutral side of the recepticle will be broke off to separate the circuits.
Half hot receptacle on 2 different circuits
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electrofelon
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And I believe it would need to be a 20 amp receptacle.
hbiss
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Code compliant but you do need to comply with Roger's code section. Can't be a 20 amp receptacle if the switch is on a 15 amp circuit.
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Wilbur 85, Are you talking about two dedicated circuits to the duplex receptacle?
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The OP stated that the one half of the duplex is on with some lighting and the other half is one with other receptacles.
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Doesn't a single recep have to be 20a if on a 20 amp circuit?
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Yes but he's not talking about a single receptacle.
Besides, if you did this with a 20A duplex receptacle you couldn't feed one side from a 15A circuit.
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No a 20 amp single receptacle can be on a 15 amp circuit but in this case he doesn't have a single receptacle it is a multi-receptacle circuit.
electrofelon
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What is that single recep rule I'm thinking of then?
LarryFine
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Only if it's the only receptacle on the circuit.
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You can buy duplex receptacles with mixed ratings.
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If OP has just the one duplex with two 20 amp circuits for the supply and no other outlets on both circuits, then he has two individual receptacle circuits and it must be a 20 amp duplex. If he supplies several duplexes in this manner then he has multioutlet circuits and they can be 15 amp receptacles.
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Sorry I missed that.
Like others have mentioned. He is good as long as there is a common handle tie two circuits.
electrofelon
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Ok yup. Forgot it had to be the only one on the ckt to trigger the "not less than"
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Does that apply to a single yoke or literally a single receptacle?
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Single receptacle, a duplex receptacle which is on a single yoke is two receptacles.
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Everything on a yoke must disconnect simultaneously.
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