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Electric Code question
Just curious.. In many houses I've owned I've added electrical outlets
by tapping into the electric that comes into the box where the light switch is. Usually I put the added electric outlet down by the floor like most outlets are. Is tapping into the lighting circuit to add outlets any sort of code violation? The only thing I can think is that it obviously adds more potential draw to the lighting circuit but it's still protected by it's breaker so other then the lights going off if the breaker trips it doesn't matter. Does the code prohibit mixing lights and outlets on the same circuit or anything? I've had old houses that actually had a plug as a factory part of the light fixture over the sink. |
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