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Old 07-11-2012, 06:59 PM   #31
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I had lights, and now I don't


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The GFCI and the other outlets are all just above the counter so I guess that would make them small appliance outlets. Therefore my plan is to power the lights from one of the other overhead lights in the connected dining room, and power the GFCI with the current cable.

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Is there anything wrong with simply powering all the downstream regular outlets with the load side of the GFCI as I have discussed above?

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Old 07-11-2012, 10:17 PM   #32
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Adjacent countertop plugs can't be on the same circuit.
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Adjacent countertop plugs can't be on the same circuit.
I get that, but is there a SAFETY reason for this or is it just a preference of some code writer?
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Old 07-11-2012, 11:21 PM   #34
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well it's supposed to protect you from drawing too much off one circuit like say having the toaster and the coffeemaker plugged in with the microwave. In reality you should be ok, to make one thing clear the code is in place FOR safety, that's why it was written. Safety and code go hand in hand. There's not some lawyer sitting somewhere giggling making stuff up lol.

Provided nothing else is botched up to badly you shouldn't burn the place down if it's all on one circuit for the time being till you can get it done right.

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Old 07-12-2012, 10:30 AM   #35
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Yes you can power them all off the gfci. But you should consider two circuits and 2 gfci to feed them.

One reason to split them up as posted above is to avoid nuisance trips by running too many appliances at once.

Too many nuisance trips will result in ruining the breaker or a tenant changing the breaker to a larger one. (yes - I've known people who have done this!)

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