An associate and I engaged in a debate over what would be considered a "dedicated" circuit.

He feels that one half of a multi-wire circuit (shared neutral, one grounding conductor) is a dedicated circuit. (The circuit in question runs to a resi bathroom. One leg powers the receptacles and the other leg a ceiling-mounted heater/fan.) He wants to remove the heater fan and power a "dedicated" receptacle in an ajoining room for a computer.

I disagreed, as I feel a true dedicated circuit has its own neutral and grounding conductor, each returning to the panel ideally without splices and/or taps.

Code issues aside, what do you guys think?

Tony

(edited to correct bad typing)

[This message has been edited by mxslick (edited 06-22-2005).]


Stupid should be painful.