brother
Senior Member
This maybe a building code debate, but it concerns NEC 210.25 Common Area Branch Circuits. A buddy of mine just had a major remodel done on his duplex (two family unit) and it is a top and bottom style duplex. It has exterior stairs that go to the bottom unit. They had a light installed to illuminate the exterior stairs, but these stairs are mainly for the down stairs tenant's use, or their guests.
The question is, would you consider this for the 'public' or the tenants exclusive use. Reason being they have not installed another meter and the light is coming off the upstairs tenants power. At the very least in my opinion it should be fed off of the down stairs tenant power because they will be using it 99% of the time since they live there. And if something happens with the upstairs tenant power (not paying bill, or turning off breaker), then the tenant that lives down stairs will not have a well lit stairs to go to their unit.
He doesn't want to call it a 'public' because he would have to pay more to install another meter for the power. What do you think?
The question is, would you consider this for the 'public' or the tenants exclusive use. Reason being they have not installed another meter and the light is coming off the upstairs tenants power. At the very least in my opinion it should be fed off of the down stairs tenant power because they will be using it 99% of the time since they live there. And if something happens with the upstairs tenant power (not paying bill, or turning off breaker), then the tenant that lives down stairs will not have a well lit stairs to go to their unit.
He doesn't want to call it a 'public' because he would have to pay more to install another meter for the power. What do you think?