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I am finishing my basement. it will have 3 bedrooms, theater room, bathroom, kitchen/multipurpose room, laundry, and an a/v closet.
Here are a few opener questions:
1. do the smoke alarms have to be on a dedicated circuit
2. is it better to wire it based on type of load (all lights for bedrooms on one circiut, all outlets on the other), or should I wire it based on location (these rooms on one circuit, those rooms on one circuit)?
I am thinking I could do all three rooms on two circuits, one for lights, one for outlets...this may or may not include hall and "living room." I know there is no NEC requirement to how many outlets/lights can be ran on a certain circuit, but generally speaking, would that make sense? the lights for the hall, three rooms, and the living/kitchen room would total 10 can lights...i plan on puting some CFLs in at least 4 of them, maybe 60 wat in the others. outlets won't run anything super heavy (tile in rooms, so no vac.). just tv's and computers, mainly.
Here are a few opener questions:
1. do the smoke alarms have to be on a dedicated circuit
2. is it better to wire it based on type of load (all lights for bedrooms on one circiut, all outlets on the other), or should I wire it based on location (these rooms on one circuit, those rooms on one circuit)?
I am thinking I could do all three rooms on two circuits, one for lights, one for outlets...this may or may not include hall and "living room." I know there is no NEC requirement to how many outlets/lights can be ran on a certain circuit, but generally speaking, would that make sense? the lights for the hall, three rooms, and the living/kitchen room would total 10 can lights...i plan on puting some CFLs in at least 4 of them, maybe 60 wat in the others. outlets won't run anything super heavy (tile in rooms, so no vac.). just tv's and computers, mainly.