On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 11:39:15 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/3/2020 10:25 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article ,
says...

You really don't trigger a 3 way on a staircase if it has fewer than 6
risers. There is no requirement for a 3 way in a room. You can have
the required switch on any wall in the room (or even outside the
room). It is a horrible design if it is not near the door but the NEC
is not a design manual.



Sometimes one wonders which hat the 'code' is pulled out of.

Friend is building a garage about 50 feet from his house. If no
electricity was installed he would not need an outside light, however by
putting power to the garage the building inspector insists that he have
an outside light.

The inspector also wants him to have the child proof recepticals
installed in it. A few other odd things seem to be required by this
inspector. My friend is not going to question the inspector, but just
going along with him. Probably a wise move.


I'd want the light anyway. No idea why you need childproof receptacles
though. The receptacles in the garage were all at 48" for convenience.
I put a GFCI circuit.

In my case, there was no inspector.
Tamperproofs are required pretty much everywhere now