Receptacles on residential circuit

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Being moslty a commercial electrician I have been researching the answer to the question and haven't been able to find the relevant code. Can someone help me out? What code section pertains to the number of receptacles allowed on a circuit in a dwelling?
 
220.14(J), in otherwords, you can put as any as you want on a circuit, there is no limit.

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Once you know how many general lighting circuits you need ,.. put one at every foot if you want, there is no limit
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
... i dont suggest more than maybe 12 or 14.Last thing you want is breakers tripping with normal use.
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So what you're saying is....if I put 12 recept on a circuit, the likelyhood of that circuit tripping is less during normal use than if I put 24 recept on that same circuit it will trip more under normal use?

How's that work?
 
I did a 12' by 12' room with 8' ceiling once and the best I can remember it was close to 6500 receptacles that would fit in that room. This is with one window and one door. It would be a little less if there was a closet door but then again if you cover the ceiling and floor with receptacles......
Well it is getting to be more than my mind can handle. How about as many as you want to.
 
celtic said:
So what you're saying is....if I put 12 recept on a circuit, the likelyhood of that circuit tripping is less during normal use than if I put 24 recept on that same circuit it will trip more under normal use?

How's that work?
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If they all had an equal likelyhood of a load i would say your less likely to trip.If all 24 have no load then no problem.With a typical bedroom having 4 or 5 outlets i dont suggest 5 or 6 bedrooms on 1 circuit but it would be legal.Keep in mind they will be calling you when it keeps triping.
 
Curtis Green said:
Actually 210.52 states that 5.5' above the floor is the residential wall space limit.
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All that states is that you cannot count a receptacle outlet located more than 5 1/2 ft above the floor as one of your required outlets. It does not say you cannot put one there.:cool:
 
It seems i remember that question being on the journeymans test and they didn't have anything over 13 or 14 can't remember. But i could have saw it somewhere else, after all I can't remember what I ate for supper last night. Has anyone saw it on a test? What would be the correct answer? (as far as the test is concerned?)
 
Our local code allows 9 circuits on a 20 amp breaker. I see where on alot of trac homes the contractors install a 12 space panel for an entire 160 sq ft house. This usually includes heater and A/C with electric water heater. We do not do trac homes. We do the smaller type home that usually starts like a trac but is sold before it is finished. Instead of trying to see how cheap we can be we try to wire the house as if we were moving into it. I found out that most people don't mind paying a little more if they are getting a better job.
Around here the average home goes for $125,000. So if the electrical is $1200 to $1500 more just because we used a 40 space panel, spilt the circuits up so there would be no nusiance tripping, installed just a size larger wire to the A/C unit so the lights would not dim when it started. The builders just add it into the price and the homeowner is satisfied with the product.
 
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