[SML] OT: Non-Standard Wiring Revisited

[Dale Farmer]

I haven't wired bathrooms for a while, but I believe that all the outlets and lights in bathrooms are supposed to be gfci protected now per current NEC.  Kitchen outlets also, except for the electric stove outlet.  
The theory that they put in a gfci in the outlet that also fed the light sounds logical.   
Remember that the NEC is primarily a minimum safe standard, not a best practices standard.  
Dale


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From: Dan Sheehan via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> 
Date: 10/08/2015  19:17  (GMT-05:00) 
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Cc: Dan Sheehan <dsheehan.sml at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [SML] OT: Non-Standard Wiring Revisited 

building probably not old enough,but if it originally had a non-GFCI outlet,could likely have been wired daisy-chain style,then outlet replaced with GFCI device without changing wiring,which would leave the light (et al) on the protected downstream side of the GCI ?definitely NOT recommended, you want lights & outletson different circuits so if you trip a breaker(like by getting a power tool jammed in the cut)you don't simultaneously get a blackoutOn Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Alf Sauve' via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:Why can't you protect the light with the GFCI? Maybe they've had people remove the bulb and try to stick their finger in the socket? It certainly would cut down on the calls to maintenance if they ran the light direct. Wonder if it was a screw up by just one electrician, so only certain rooms are this way, or if the whole building is that way? On 10/8/2015 5:52 PM, Dave Vick via Stagecraft wrote: This has *GOT* to be a Code violation of some sort... ____________________________________________________________ For list information see <http://stagecraft.theprices.net/> Stagecraft mailing list Stagecraft at theatrical.net http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net - ...Dan SheehanFixer of things that break
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