I'm getting ready to wire an office and have a question regarding circuits. Initially, I was going to run a single 20A circuit for 5 two-outlet receptacles (same ones you find on all the walls in your house). When I got to looking at the specs for the equipment I'm going to put in there, I realized my copier can draw a max of 1090W when copying! Since at the 80% rule I shouldn't stuff more than 1920W on a circuit, that doesn't leave much room for the other stuff going there. So, I was thinking about running its own 20A circuit, but what I'd like to do is run that circuit to one or two of the existing boxes and then have the top outlets be on the original circuit and the bottom outlets be on the new circuit. I'd label the covers so it was obvious which was which. I know I'll have to cut the tabs on the receptacles. Is there anything else that would be wrong with this? Is there anything in the code against running two cables next to each other through the same holes in the studs? Any problems with having two many cables in the boxes?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.