rick15752
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Hi everyone,
I'm remodeling my two story home and would like to run 20 amp circuits to the three bathrooms. This is a tract home built in 1985 and all the bathroom outlets are on one 15 amp circuit. From the breaker panel the circuit first goes to the master bath and branches off to feed the master bedroom outlets. The master bathroom outlet is protected by a GFCI and the load side of that feeds the remaining two bathrooms and one outdoor outlet. Many times the wife and daughter managed to trip this circuit when using their hair dryers.
My proposal is to run a 12-3 from the breaker panel to the master bathroom, pigtail a GFCI for that bathroom, then run a 12-2 to another GFCI in the next bathroom and continue on the load side of that to the last bathroom. Nothing else would be on this circuit and I would use a 20 amp tandem at the breaker panel. This circuit would share a neutral. I've looked in my copy of the NEC for anything that may prohibit sharing a neutral.
1. Does anyone know if this would be prohibited in the NEC?
2. Would I have any trouble with induction when using two GFCI's on this type of circuit? Would this make the GFCI's trip by one hot leg sensing induced voltage from the other leg?
Thanks.
Rick
I'm remodeling my two story home and would like to run 20 amp circuits to the three bathrooms. This is a tract home built in 1985 and all the bathroom outlets are on one 15 amp circuit. From the breaker panel the circuit first goes to the master bath and branches off to feed the master bedroom outlets. The master bathroom outlet is protected by a GFCI and the load side of that feeds the remaining two bathrooms and one outdoor outlet. Many times the wife and daughter managed to trip this circuit when using their hair dryers.
My proposal is to run a 12-3 from the breaker panel to the master bathroom, pigtail a GFCI for that bathroom, then run a 12-2 to another GFCI in the next bathroom and continue on the load side of that to the last bathroom. Nothing else would be on this circuit and I would use a 20 amp tandem at the breaker panel. This circuit would share a neutral. I've looked in my copy of the NEC for anything that may prohibit sharing a neutral.
1. Does anyone know if this would be prohibited in the NEC?
2. Would I have any trouble with induction when using two GFCI's on this type of circuit? Would this make the GFCI's trip by one hot leg sensing induced voltage from the other leg?
Thanks.
Rick