Lighting too?

[Johnnybob]

So I know this has been beaten to death, and I appologize in advance for any friendships that may suffer.
So 210.12(A) says that any branch circuits supplying outlets pretty much anywhere in the house, must now be AFCI protected.
Does this include lighting only circuits? Thanks for any help, I'm pretty much exclusively industrial (for this very reason, among others) only!

 

[augie47]

210.12 states "outlets". Lighting fixtures are outlets.

 

[infinity]

So I know this has been beaten to death, and I apologize in advance for any friendships that may suffer.
So 210.12(A) says that any branch circuits supplying outlets pretty much anywhere in the house, must now be AFCI protected.
Does this include lighting only circuits? Thanks for any help, I'm pretty much exclusively industrial (for this very reason, among others) only!

It's not only lighting circuits but any outlets which include receptacles and hard wired devices and equipment like smoke alarms.

 

[iwire]

So 210.12(A) says that any branch circuits supplying outlets pretty much anywhere in the house, must now be AFCI protected.
Does this include lighting only circuits?
only!

We are glad to help but many times you can help yourself by taking a look at the defintions found in article 100.

Outlet. A point on the wiring system at which current is
taken to supply utilization equipment.

So pretty much any receptacle, or smoke detector, or wall heater, or light fixture or ....

 

[Johnnybob]

We are glad to help but many times you can help yourself by taking a look at the defintions found in article 100.

Yes, I had already done that, just looking for verification that I understood what I thought I read!
Thanks for looking out for me, though! Senility is potentiallly not that far away!

 

[Johnnybob]

So pretty much, in order to get all the CCAL out of my walls, I have to buy in to the AFCI BS and make my entire house an investment return for the AFCI manufacturers! Thats just great. Funny, it seems to hurt more when it's me having to buy them.