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fatherfirst35 OP t1_j1vd7de wrote

Reply to comment by jay_mald in Electrical wiring help by fatherfirst35

I totally understand the recommendation of wiring separately part, as well as the 12/14 part. I had a large 12/2 roll and the rec area is going to have some higher loads on it so I just figured I'd do it all in 12. I was going to also wire the bedroom, bathroom, and rec areas on separate breakers since the rec area has larger load and I have plenty of room in my box. That is why I was going to wire the lights together with the outlets. There will be a ceiling fan/light in the bedroom, a recessed light in the bedroom closet, a vanity light in the bathroom and 6 other recessed lights in the rec area. Would you instead wire the closet, ceiling fan/light, and rec area lights together? The rec area outlets will still have to be separate, there will be a fair amount of use on that 20 amp breaker.

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jay_mald t1_j1vevpe wrote

Yes I would wire the lighting together, barring any setbacks regarding overloading the circuit with too many lights. But if you’re going to wire it in 12 AWG then 1 20A circuit for those should be enough. Hard to imagine you’d have too many lights to trip a 20A breaker.

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jay_mald t1_j1vexar wrote

Could also do it room by room but unsure of how much space you are working with.

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CbackNstomach t1_j1vz802 wrote

I read somewhere I think it was NEC that you can only have five outlets/switches on a 15 amp breaker and eight on a 20 amp breaker.

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