luvtheheat
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In 2011 I ran 12-3 romex from my main panel to an attached garage area that I would eventually convert into living space (family room). At that time I installed a 20 amp 2-pole breaker (not AFCI, not GFCI) for this run to pass inspection, despite it being an unused circuit.
Eventually is now here.
NEC code I had to meet in 2011 did not require AFCI. NEC code today in my area (NEC 2017) does require all the new outlets in new family room be AFCI protected.
Question... If I were to install AFCI outlets at the first outlet of each "hot" (again, 12-3, so two hots), are downstream outlets for each hot branch considered AFCI protected? Can I keep using the 20 amp 2-pole breaker (not AFCI, not GFCI) at main panel.
Will it meet NEC 2017 code?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Eventually is now here.
NEC code I had to meet in 2011 did not require AFCI. NEC code today in my area (NEC 2017) does require all the new outlets in new family room be AFCI protected.
Question... If I were to install AFCI outlets at the first outlet of each "hot" (again, 12-3, so two hots), are downstream outlets for each hot branch considered AFCI protected? Can I keep using the 20 amp 2-pole breaker (not AFCI, not GFCI) at main panel.
Will it meet NEC 2017 code?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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