Branch Circuit Requirements Flashcards

How many small-appliance branch circuits are required for receptacle outlets in a dwelling kitchen, pantry, and dining area?

Answer: At least two

NEC 210.11(C)(1) requires at least two 20-amp small-appliance branch circuits.

At least one 20-ampere branch circuit must be provided for receptacles in which dwelling location?

Answer: Laundry area

NEC 210.11(C)(2) requires a dedicated 20-amp laundry branch circuit.

The small-appliance branch circuits in a dwelling kitchen are NOT permitted to supply which of the following?

Answer: Lighting outlets

NEC 210.52(B)(2) prohibits small-appliance circuits from supplying lighting outlets.

A dwelling-unit bathroom requires at least one branch circuit of what rating for its receptacle outlets?

Answer: 20 amperes

NEC 210.11(C)(3) requires a 20-amp branch circuit for bathroom receptacles.

When a single 20-amp branch circuit supplies the bathroom receptacles in a dwelling, what else may it supply?

Answer: Only receptacles in that one bathroom

Per NEC 210.11(C)(3) Exception, a circuit serving one bathroom may also feed that bathroom's other equipment, but a multi-bathroom circuit must serve receptacles only.

What is the minimum number of general-purpose branch circuits determined by, in a dwelling unit?

Answer: Square footage at 3 VA per ft² for lighting

NEC 220.12 uses 3 VA per square foot to compute the general lighting load that sets circuit count.

A 125-volt, 20-amp branch circuit serving the laundry is permitted to supply which additional location?

Answer: Only laundry receptacles

NEC 210.11(C)(2) restricts the laundry branch circuit to laundry receptacle outlets only.