A branch circuit provides power to a receptacle in bathroom #1 in a dwelling. This branch circuit is permitted to also provide power to ___.

A branch circuit provides power to a receptacle in bathroom #1 in a dwelling. This branch circuit is permitted to also provide power to ___.

• A. a or b only
• B. two other receptacles, two luminaires, plus an exhaust fan in bathroom #1
• C. two other receptacles in bathroom #1 plus receptacles in bathrooms #2 and #3
• D. one luminaire in bathroom #1 and one luminaire in bathroom #2

Answer: (A)

The situation tests where a bathroom receptacle branch circuit can extend power. In a dwelling, the bathroom receptacle circuit (typically 20A and GFCI-protected) may feed additional loads only within the same bathroom. It is not permitted to supply receptacles or lighting in other bathrooms or other rooms from that bathroom circuit. So the allowed extensions are either adding two more receptacle outlets in the same bathroom or adding two luminaires (lights) plus an exhaust fan in the same bathroom, all on the same circuit. Feeding receptacles in another bathroom (or in other bathrooms) or mixing loads beyond the same bathroom isn’t allowed, which is why only the “two additional receptacles” or the “two luminaires plus exhaust fan in the same bathroom” scenarios are permitted.

The situation tests where a bathroom receptacle branch circuit can extend power. In a dwelling, the bathroom receptacle circuit (typically 20A and GFCI-protected) may feed additional loads only within the same bathroom. It is not permitted to supply receptacles or lighting in other bathrooms or other rooms from that bathroom circuit.

So the allowed extensions are either adding two more receptacle outlets in the same bathroom or adding two luminaires (lights) plus an exhaust fan in the same bathroom, all on the same circuit. Feeding receptacles in another bathroom (or in other bathrooms) or mixing loads beyond the same bathroom isn’t allowed, which is why only the “two additional receptacles” or the “two luminaires plus exhaust fan in the same bathroom” scenarios are permitted.