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It is a brand new circuit so the only things that will be on it are what I put on it.

A light draw calc I found for 100watt light showed it at 0.83amps * 12 == 10amps and a ceiling fan is usually aund 2 amps so maybe a 15 amp circuit would be fine.

I have 9 recessed lights, 2 hanging lights and a ceiling fan/light combo. Im not sure that all of those would fit on a 15 amp circuit, should I up it to 20amps just incase?

My addition has a large (16x28) room which is being used for the kitchen and living room with only a 1/2 wall separating them. Is there anything in the NEC to keep me from putting the lights for both sections on the same breaker? Kevin

That is what I expected but figured it would be worth asking in case there was some secret way to get them.

I need four 20amp arc fault breakers for my addition and at $35 each from HD they get expensive quick compared to regular breakers. Does anybody know of a cheaper source? Amazon was actually more expensive than HD.

Ok, thanks. The main reason Im asking is that I need to add smoke detectors to my 2nd floor due to an addition (and thus the fire marshall says I need to be brought up to code in the old part of the house. I currently have one at the top of the stairs (marked O) and need to wire new ones in...

The instructions I found via google always said they were in sequence so that only 2 wires were in each junction box.

Why do they have to be wired in sequence instead of outwards from a central point? I.e: In Sequence: S - S - S Not: S | S - S -S | S Since all reds need to be tied together I don't see why it matters. Can someone explain this? Thanks.

I will keep that in mind and may end up wiring in a remote for the fan/light.

Cool, thanks for the wireless info and the wiring map.

Im a software engineer who is trying to wire up an addition without burning the whole thing down :).

I would figure either to S3 or to the fan and if to the fan then tie the hot black to the black on 'S' with S's white tying to whatever colored wire controls the fan.

I am wiring an addition and ran into a strange case. The bedroom is going to have a ceiling fan/light combo unit that I want the light on a 3way switch but the fan on a slider. I can have power going to either switch (although right now its run to the 3way that is not next to the fan slider). I...