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Can a dishwasher be on the same circuit as the counter top receptacles if the 2 minimum required circuits are meet?
 
Sam65 said:
Can a dishwasher be on the same circuit as the counter top receptacles if the 2 minimum required circuits are meet?
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Nope. The "2 minimum required circuits" are required to have no other outlets than receptacle outlets in a specific set of rooms. Reference 210.52(B) (1) and (B)(2).
 
charlie b said:

Nope. The "2 minimum required circuits" are required to have no other outlets than receptacle outlets in a specific set of rooms. Reference 210.52(B) (1) and (B)(2).
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They will never learn if you just give out the answers. :wink:
 
Sam65 said:
Your able to put a fridge on same circuit, why not a dishwasher?
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A dishwasher usually draws a heck of lot more than a refrig. Some draw as high as 12 amps. Refrig. are usually 6 or 8 amps, I believe. Not a great answer to your question but the only other one I can give stickboy already stated.
 
Sam65 said:
Your able to put a fridge on sam circuit, why not a dishwasher?
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maybe because refrigerator isn't fixed in place where as a dishwahser is? Or maybe since most dishwasher ( or at least all of the ones I've ever wired and seen) are hard-wired not plug-in type? Just guesses though.
 
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steelersman said:
maybe because rigrigerator isn't fixed in place where as a dishwahser is? Or maybe since most dishwasher ( or at least all of the ones I've ever wired and seen) are hard-wired not plug-in type? Just guesses though.
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Maybe they feel its a small appliance... :grin:
 
Sam65 said:
Your able to put a fridge on sam circuit, why not a dishwasher?
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No you are not!

You are allowed to put the fridge on an individual 15 amp circuit, or if you prefer on an individual 20 amp circuit. But that circuit is not a member of the "Small Appliance Circuit Club." What the Exception is taking exception to is the notion that all wall and floor receptacles are to be supplied with SA circuits. The Exception allows us to put that particular wall receptacle on a circuit that is not an SA circuit.
 
charlie b said:

No you are not!

You are allowed to put the fridge on an individual 15 amp circuit, or if you prefer on an individual 20 amp circuit. But that circuit is not a member of the "Small Appliance Circuit Club." What the Exception is taking exception to is the notion that all wall and floor receptacles are to be supplied with SA circuits. The Exception allows us to put that particular wall receptacle on a circuit that is not an SA circuit.
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Yes, you are... :grin: Might wanna reread that section Charlie.
 
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charlie b said:
No you are not!

You are allowed to put the fridge on an individual 15 amp circuit, or if you prefer on an individual 20 amp circuit. But that circuit is not a member of the "Small Appliance Circuit Club." What the Exception is taking exception to is the notion that all wall and floor receptacles are to be supplied with SA circuits. The Exception allows us to put that particular wall receptacle on a circuit that is not an SA circuit.
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What year did that rule start? Cause I've always put fridge on SA circuit unless I knew it was gonna be a monster fridge like Viking or Sub-Zero.
 
charlie b said:

No you are not!

You are allowed to put the fridge on an individual 15 amp circuit, or if you prefer on an individual 20 amp circuit. But that circuit is not a member of the "Small Appliance Circuit Club." What the Exception is taking exception to is the notion that all wall and floor receptacles are to be supplied with SA circuits. The Exception allows us to put that particular wall receptacle on a circuit that is not an SA circuit.
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Yes you can put a fridge on the same curcuit
 
stickboy1375 said:
Yes, you are... :grin: Might wanna reread that section Charlie.
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Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

I was focusing on the exception, and forgot to read the rule itself.
 
I just put a "wall outlet" where the plans showed. I didn't know that's where the fridge went:grin:

I don't believe it says you can't use the SABC for the fridge. It says you can put it on a 15-amp individual branch circuit.

*Sorry Charlie! We didn't mean to gang up on you, we just jumped at the oppurtunity to prove you wrong!:)
 
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