The number of receptacles on a general purpose lighting circuit in a house doesn't have much to do with evenly proportioning the load. This was already taken care of in the watts per square foot calculation and the calculation to determine the minimum number of circuits that are needed. Since receptacles are not a load, there is no limit to how many on a general purpose lighting circuit. If an inspector tried to cite me on not balancing the load because one circuit had many more receptacles than another, we'd be into the appeal process in short order.

Tom

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