"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote in message
...
On 02/07/10 01:52 pm, RBM wrote:

Every wall space 2' or larger requires an outlet. There can't be more
than
six feet from any point along a wall to an outlet. Loosely interpreted,
you
need an outlet every 12 feet

What do you (or the Code) mean by "finishing?"

I lined our previously unlined furnace/utility room. One long wall is
almost all floor-to-ceiling shelving; so no place to put an outlet. One
short wall has the water heater so close to it that there's no point in
having an outlet there.

I put six outlets above the workbench. That's four more outlets than
there
ever were before.

snip

A room is considered finished, by the way it is used more than by it's
construction. A finished "habitable" room must be wired by different
specs
than an unfinished room according to the NEC

So is a utility room/workshop considered to be "habitable?"

Perce

No, it would be considered unfinished, so the current nec would only require
one gfci protected outlet in it. If you called the same room, a play room,
it would be considered by nec to be habitable, and require outlets to be
installed by the six foot rule, but not necessarily gfci protected, and
possibly afci protected