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    Mar 20, 2008, 05:36 PM
    Arc fault's for bedrooms
    Is it okay by code to use the arc fault line to go from inside of the bedroom's smoke detector to outside of the bedroom for a smoke detector and then continue back into the bedroom to outlets. Does that make sense. :cool:
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    Mar 21, 2008, 11:19 AM
    I am not sure 100% on the code but logic tells me the smoke detector should not be on the same circuit as bedroom outlets. In new construction the detector are on their own dedicated lcircuit and it is neither Arc fault or GFCI.

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