I can't imagine anyone installing a non AFCI dedicated lighting circuit just for the kitchen or the pantry.
Depending on the job, I will often run non-afci circuits for kitchen, laundry, bathrooms, basement, garage, outside lighting and outside receptacles.
I just plan out my wire runs in advance.
AFCI’s are usually nothing but trouble for outside receptacles, especially when the HO wants to use power tools or run a shop-vac for vacuuming out the car.
Some of the houses I wire have several circuits just for the kitchen lighting and at $45.00 each for a CAFCI circuit breaker, it can add up to several hundred dollars in savings for a large house. Less AFCI’s also has the added advantage of cutting down on those future trouble shooting problems due to AFCI nuisance tripping.
