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Old 04-18-2009, 12:21 AM   #1
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I want to tap off a existing outlet in a bedroom. This outlet is ungrounded, and add a switch and a light. Please explain the ways this can be done to code.
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Old 04-18-2009, 12:57 AM   #2
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I want to tap off a existing outlet in a bedroom. This outlet is ungrounded, and add a switch and a light. Please explain the ways this can be done to code.
Use a GFCI outlet and install 12/2 or 14/2 with ground. Yes, there is a chance of nuisance tripping, but it would satisfy code.
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Use a GFCI outlet and install 12/2 or 14/2 with ground. Yes, there is a chance of nuisance tripping, but it would satisfy code.
Thanks for your response. But if there isn't a ground in the existing outlet and I run nm cable from that outlet to the switch and the light yes they would be gfci protected but they wouldn't be grounded. And your saying thats OK?
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Use a GFCI outlet and install 12/2 or 14/2 with ground. Yes, there is a chance of nuisance tripping, but it would satisfy code.
Art. 406 allows us to use a GFCI and then wire to another receptacle but the egc must not be connected and a sticker that says "No Equipment Ground" must be installed.

I do not see where it is allowed to wire to a light fixture but I am not sure why it cannot be done. Perhaps it is elsewhere in the code.

Also art. 410 section V. requires an EGC
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Thanks for your response. But if there isn't a ground in the existing outlet and I run nm cable from that outlet to the switch and the light yes they would be gfci protected but they wouldn't be grounded. And your saying thats OK?
Zappy, your profiles says you are a "journeyman". Yet you are asking DIY type questions. What's up with that?
Are you a journeyman steamfitter?
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Also, please do not start a new thread when you already have one existing on the exact same topic.

Grabbing power from existing BDRM outlet with no EGC
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