From: rcres@XXnewsguy.com   
      
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   > On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 2:05:55 PM UTC-6, Rich. wrote:   
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   >> news:e40f3828-8563-4df7-9cb1-9ce79280fb9f@googlegroups.com...   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >> > I took out a 9 foot patio door and am installing a 6 foot French door.   
   >> > I   
   >> > need to move my light switch closer to the now narrower door.   
   >> >   
   >> > Last year I ran a new circuit to my bathroom. The only thing on it is   
   >> > one   
   >> > outlet. (I added an outlet on a different circuit so my daughter and   
   >> > wife   
   >> > could use their hairdryers at the same time.   
   >> >   
   >> > Could I just run from this circuit to my new switch? The only thing   
   >> > that   
   >> > will be on this switch will be two porch lights.   
   >> >   
   >> > Or, can you not run off of a bathroom circuit even if I only have one   
   >> > outlet on it?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> NEC 210.11(C)(3) specifies that the GFCI outlet in the bathrooms have to   
   >> be   
   >> on a separate 20-amp circuit. Under the exception, the GFCI outlet is   
   >> allowed to share it's circuit with the lighting and fan only if that   
   >> circuit   
   >> feeds only that one bathroom.   
   >   
   > Can I ask what the reasoning is behind the code?   
      
   One can only guess, but I suspect it's to eliminate the chances of the   
   bathroom being plunged into darkness while someone is in the shower or   
   sitting on the commode.   
      
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