I've seen it done a lot, so I don't think there's anything in the code about
it. Maybe another poster knows. I've also seen where the same duplex
receptacle is on two circuits. I don't know if it's code, but most duplex
receptacles have a tab you can break off between the top and bottom. If
you're going to be pulling about 15 amps on a 20 amp breaker, you might want
to split that load also.

"blueman" wrote in message
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I have a 2-gang outlet box in my basement.
I would like to feed it with two circuits.
- One dedicated circuit for a refrigerator/freezer (with no GFI)
- One shared cirucit for use as a general outlet (with GFI
protection either in the outlet box or upstream)

I have a couple of questions:
1. Is there any problem with feeding a 2-gang outlet box from two
different 20A circuits? Is there any special labelling required?

2. According to code, can I run a normal size refrigerator and a small
standalone freezer on the *same* 20A circuit?
(from a power consumption perspective it seems that even the
combined load of both would be less than 75% of the 20A breaker)

Thanks