lights are on 20a or less and 120v....Originally posted by FraserB
Lights are excluded. AFCI is only needed on circuits supplying 125V outlets rated 20A or less
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lights are on 20a or less and 120v....Originally posted by FraserB
Lights are excluded. AFCI is only needed on circuits supplying 125V outlets rated 20A or less
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seems like there's conflicting opinions between inspectors, even they are confused with the afci thing lol
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A light is not an outlet though.Originally posted by gimp
lights are on 20a or less and 120v....
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code says receptacles thoughOriginally posted by FraserB
A light is not an outlet though.
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im not seeing in the 2015 CEC anything about lights being excluded, i'd actually like to have clarification on this
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Ya... Receptacles, no lights.
I put all my Receptacles on a circuit by themself protected by the dead face AFCI. Then I put the entire bedroom circuit on an AFCI protected circuit. The bathroom is on its own circuit and will have a GFCI receptacle, and the rest of the lights are on their own regular breaker. .
Inspection tmw... We'll see what happens lol
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Good luck tomorrow. Did you require a building permit before you applied for your electrical permit?
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Well the only thing he didn't like was my access to my panel. . I had to put in a 24" door in the bedroom to provide a clear path to the breaker. . That sucked... Removing the anchored down bottom plate framing... Moving a stud.... Moving electrical and data boxes and lines, having to re-run the wires because they were too short
Also had to change out the speaker wire because I didn't buy 'in-wall' wire
The inspector did want my bathroom receptacle on a AFCI circuit as well but I argued a little bit with him. . I told him I was going to put in a GFCI receptacle and I thought the bathroom is one of the exceptions. . He considered it and felt like he was okay with that and let it go lol
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My inspection is tomorrow (garage and new underground electrical service), I'll post up what they say and probably make a new thread.
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Last edited by Sugarphreak; 08-15-2019 at 08:17 PM.
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Passed inspection, inspector was here less than 10 minutes.
He also confirmed that lights on a non-AFCI circuit by themselves would be acceptable under code.
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