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Wiring for half bath in basement

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#1 ·
Hello,

We recently moved into a new home, and I'll be building out a half bathroom in the basement. The bathroom will be adjacent to the existing, already wired laundry room.

My question involves code and some common sense, I guess: I have plenty of capacity left on the circuit that feeds the laundry room lighting. I know I'll need one separate GFI wired for the half bath power outlet, but as far as the light and fan i nthe bathroom, is it acceptable to tap into the laundry room wiring for these?

That would leave me two circuits going into the new bathroom....a tap from the existing laundry room, and a new 14/2 GFI circuit. Any thoughts?

THANKS!
Eric
 
#4 ·
Yes, as long as the 20 amp circuit serves a single bathroom, you can feed lights, fans, etc from the circuit.
 
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