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September's
Answer page.
The
answer is D.
A.
Install a
GFI on the bath and hall light circuit (very lightly loaded).
B.
Install a GFI as far away from the shower, bath and sink.
C.
Install a regular outlet on a new circuit.
D.
Install a GFI on by picking up power on an existing bath outlet.
E.
Install a regular outlet by tying into the existing GFI
circuit in the garage.
A. is not the best answer
because the code says the circuit can not be on with any other
lights, or plugs outside of the bath.
B. is not the best answer
because the code says a GFI protected outlet must be installed
adjacent to the sink.
C. is not the best answer
because the code says you must have the bathroom outlet GFI protected.
D. is the best answer
because the code will allow you to install a GFI protected outlet in
a bath and will let you pick up power using the existing bath power
if nothing else outside of the bathroom is connected to the circuit.
E. is not the best answer
because the code says you can not have a bath GFI tied into another
circuit outside of the bath room (there are exceptions but they do
not apply here).
Codes
that apply:
210-11 (3) Bathroom Branch
Circuits. In addition to the number of branch circuits required by
other parts of this section, at least one 20-ampere branch circuit
shall be provided to supply the bathroom receptacle outlet(s). Such
circuits shall have no other outlets.
Exception: Where the 20-ampere
circuit supplies a single bathroom, outlets for other equipment
within the same bathroom shall be permitted to be supplied in
accordance with Section 210-23(a).
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