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pulliteasy

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On a rewire job, the license holder will split the home lighting in half, this is say on a small home 1000 sq. ft. he will have half the house lighting on one circuit and half on another. To give a better example say the house has only 8 ceiling lights he will put 4 on 1 circuit and 4 on another. When I ask why he say's in case you lose power on one circuit you wont be totally in the dark. It seems silly to me given the varibles. this don't seem cost or time effective to me. Can you guy's shed some light on this. Thanx
 
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Sounds reasonable to me. I have a general rule of thumb of around 10 holes per circuit, give or take, depending on the situation. I would put the kitchen & dining lights on a circuit, perhaps catch some receptacles or the outside lights on it, and a living room & hallway & bath circuit, depending on the layout.

It does stand to reason. Technically, in a house that small, you could put all lighting on one circuit, but it's a better install to avoid that. :)
 
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Thanx George for the reply. I was hopeing to hear a response from you. You seem very knowledgable in the trade and from all your post you have gained my trust and respect. Hats off to ya George
 
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I was hopeing to hear a response from you. You seem very knowledgable in the trade and from all your post you have gained my trust and respect. Hats off to ya George
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Ditto.

Pulliteasy, one other thing. I don't know about your operation, but I myself do not always know what lights the customer is bringing to be installed at time of rough in. I tend to run lighting circuits with this in mind.
 
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Another thing. It really is not all that much more time and labor to split this into two circuits.
Also gives you plenty of room for upgrades and lighting addtions in the future.
 
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I like placing lighting outlets and receptacle outlets on separate circuits, even in areas where they're considered lighting receptacles, like living and bedrooms. Less momentary light dimming when turning on the TV, too.
 
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George I too use about the same rule of thumb,only I call them openings and not holes.This is #14 NM.Dedicated lighting loads might change the # of openings.It amazes me to run into a situation where the rough guy,wires an entry area of a big custom home.The print shows a pendant in foyer and entry Maybe 7 or 8 can lights for the fam rm..What these guys don`t
keep in mind that entry pendant Might have 20 ,30 + 40 watt bulb then add entry lt.Common scense is needed
 
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