ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues Receptacle in Dining room

John, I'm sticking with you can't use the small appliance circuit to serve the lighting load.

I thought the whole idea was to not leave the resident in darkness after they stuck a knife into the toaster?

The lighting load is dealt with in 210.70 and it can't be a receptacle.

There is no law against plugging a light into a small appliance circuit (like the pucks HOs put under the upper). it is just not a "lighting outlet".


It is just a receptacle someone plugged a lamp into.

Greg:
210.70 (1) exception 1 does not mention a 'Dining Room', so a switched receptacle could be utilized, although it may be a bad design choice.

Yes, whatever a homeowner plugs into any receptacle is beyond our control.

Considering that 210.12 (AFCI) now includes the dining room I wonder why it is still on the SA in the first place.

John, I'm going to set on the code panel next Friday and I'm going to say basically that the SABC is just that. Receptacle(s) and their locations are addressed in 210.50. Lighting outlets mentioned in 210.70 are in addition to SABC mentioned in 210.50. They can beat on me if they want to but that's what I understand the code to say.

George:
Thanks and good luck!!