I just have a couple basic questions for a new single family dwelling installation.
- If the home will have more than one bathroom can the required GFCI outlets for both be fed from the same 20 amp branch circuit or does each bathroom need a separate, dedicated circuit from the panel?
- Can the front and back GFCI outlets be fed from some nearby general purpose outlet - (say, a bedroom receptacle)? Can one of them be fed as "Load" from the other one so only one GFCI type needs to be purchased?
- Is there any consensus about keeping lighting circuits separate from receptacle circuits? Or can you just feed switches for lights in a room from the nearest receptacle (assuming the wire size and device rating, etc, is maintained)?
- We will have a 30 inch long peninsular countertop - no overhead cabinets. Can the required receptacle be mounted in the wall that that countertop joins or do I somehow have to figure a way to mount a receptacle and run the cable in the storage cabinet underneath? It doesn't sound to me like such a great idea having wiring and a box exposed in a cabinet but I have no idea how else to meet this requirement.
- One last one: in most new homes are the general purpose receptacle and lighting circuits wired for 15 or 20 amp?
Thanks for any advice, Perion