Goedjn wrote:

Why should circuts and rooms correspond? It makes
far more sense to me to have WALLS and circuts
correspond.

From a homeowner point of view, it would be nice to be able to shut off
the "left bedroom" breaker and not interfere with other stuff.

In my house, for instance, I have to remember that "these two outlets
are on that circuit, but the other one on that wall is this other
circuit, while that one over there shares a circuit with the outside
plugs and is thus GFCI-protected, while the lights are on this other
circuit altogether". One room, five circuits.

It made things really interesting when I wanted to replace the outlets,
as it involved basically mapping out the entire house. I can't just
label the breakers, I need a floorplan with outlets and matching
circuits marked on it.

Chris