Switched Din. Rm. Outlet?

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And Bob, you can't sleep at night if there's a code violation anywhere in the world. :D :D You just have to. :p
 
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Ok, you're right Peter, but we're running out of material. This one looks as good as anything. :D
 
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Another analogy, and then I'll try to shut up. :D

In my living room, a switched receptacle was installed next to the front door per the exception. The placement of that receptacle does not mesh with my wife's desired furniture layout, so we have the lamp plugged into a different receptacle.

The room was wired to code, but I still walk into the room to turn on the lamp. Just because we intend for that receptacle to be used as a replacement for the lighting outlet, doesn't mean it will be so. Assumptions. ;)
 
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Bob, this residential wiring is insane.

Originally posted by iwire:
George if you can sweet talk an inspector into seeing that way more power to you. :D
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same here.

Even with larger size commercial jobs, (I had one last year that just two change orders totaled 1.8 million) I can't think of anything that would cause this much grief and this is just a switch and a receptacle. :D

Roger
 
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What's that dear?

I SAID, you bought the wrong color dish soap, AGAIN. If you'd put that "Secret Photos of Illegal Wiring Installations" periodical down for five minutes I wouldn't have to repeat myself so often.

That's nice dear. Hey, did you see this expos'e on creative dining room lighting?

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Well i see this is like the energizer bunny.Ok i must ask this.Assuming i except that using the SA outlet for this dining room light is a violation.What is the cure ? Put a duplex next to the SA one to plug the light in ?That creates a hazard.Who will guard it from getting a coffee pot pluged into it ? I now have a duplex in a dining room that looks just like all the others.But it is on a lighting branch circuit at 15 amps.Your creating one violation to fix the other.
 
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Originally posted by jimwalker:
Put a duplex next to the SA one to plug the light in ?That creates a hazard.Who will guard it from getting a coffee pot pluged into it ? I now have a duplex in a dining room that looks just like all the others.But it is on a lighting branch circuit at 15 amps.Your creating one violation to fix the other.
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This is exactly what both ?02 and ?05 handbooks show. Of course they may be wrong and not know what they are talking about. :D
 
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That's a good point Jim. It might actually be safer to use the SA circuit for the light.
 
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Survey: (Curiosity factor here) How many of you have actually had to install a switched dining room outlet?
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I don't think the "Popularity" of doing such an install is relevant. The fact that it is possible is the reason it needs to be addressed.

Believe it or not, the very next house (Hurricane re-wire) I just wired, the owner requested the same thing. (This time for a floor lamp) That makes 2 switched "receptacles" in Dining rooms for me since 1987 and they were both in the last 2 weeks. I wired both of them as 1/2 hots on the SA circuit along with the Refrig. NOTE: BOTH dining rooms also have ceiling light "outlets" on seperate lighting circuits.

I originally wired both of them without really thinking too much about it. BUT...then I started thinking....is that Really ok? I searched the NEC...I couldn't find any reason NOT to ...that's when I posted this topic.

Come to think of it, there Was Another customer that wanted one of his "existing" Din. Rm receptacles to be switched. I sold him a remote control with a plug in receiver. This one was for a little table lamp. Worked great by the way!
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Dave
 
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Originally posted by roger:
Bob, this residential wiring is insane.
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LOL you should have seen a 1/2 dozen of us foreman trying to wire a coworkers new house. We where lost. :( We had to keep the code book out to check the rules. :D

Or considering the work you do, the addition of some imaging equipment.
 
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Originally posted by iwire:
Originally posted by roger:
(I had one last year that just two change orders totaled 1.8 million)
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That strikes me as a job that went out to bid to early. :D
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You hit the nail on the head in this particular case. ;)

Roger
 
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copied and pasted from the 2002 hand book;

210.70 Lighting Outlets Required.
Lighting outlets shall be installed where specified in 210.70(A), (B), and (C).
(A) Dwelling Units. In dwelling units, lighting outlets shall be installed in accordance with 210.70(A)(1), (2), and (3).
(1) Habitable Rooms. At least one wall switch-controlled lighting outlet shall be installed in every habitable room and bathroom.
Exception No. 1: In other than kitchens and bathrooms, one or more receptacles controlled by a wall switch shall be permitted in lieu of lighting outlets.

A receptacle is not permitted to be switched as a lighting outlet on a small-appliance branch circuit. A receptacle can be switched as a lighting outlet (in the dining room, for example) supplied by a branch circuit other than a small-appliance branch circuit. See Exhibit 210.26, which shows a dining room switched receptacle on a 15-ampere general-purpose branch circuit.
 
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Well I knew there'd be race cars but I was completely caught off guard by the helicopters.
 
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JW, you are correct. Except it should say Exhibit 210.25 not 210.26 (It's a type-o in the handbook)

Do you consider a switched 1/2 hot on a SA circuit a "Lighting Outlet" IF the room already has a lighting outlet (Ceiling Light)?

Dave
 
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