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No point on a countertop can be more than 24 inches from a receptacle per NEC 210.52. They have to be GFCI outlets per NEC 210.8.
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Is a 110 volt electric receptacle the same as 120 volt receptacle?
Yes, the rating on the receptacle is the maximum amount of voltage that is legally allowed to be applied to the device.
Why are kitchens and bathrooms required to be on separate 20-amp receptacle branch circuits?
The NEC doesn't provide justifications for its requirements, but the likely reason is simply the amount of amps often drawn in kitchens and bathrooms because of all the appliances specific to these locations. NEC 210.11 requires a minimum of two 20 amp circuits for counter top receptacles in the kitchen, called Small Appliance Branch Circuits. It is my understand of the code that these small appliance circuits in the kitchen can also cover the dinning room, and similar areas in a dwelling, and while most electricians seem to frown on this, one of these circuits can be used for the refrigerator receptacle. One can also supply receptacles for any electrical stuff on gas-fired ranges. Dishwashers and waste disposals are not plugged in on counter tops so presumably need to be supplied by (a) circuit(s) other than these. On counter tops in the kitchen all receptacles must be GFCI protected. The bathroom circuit is intended to either a) serve a GFCI receptacle at the sink and can also serve another such receptacle in another bathroom, but in this case cannot serve other loads in the bathroom, or b) can serve the receptacle and other permissible loads in the same bathroom but no loads outside of it. Answer In real life, our kitchen circuit also serves the dining room. Because we did not increase the capability of the circuit when we added the microwave, the dining room light dims out when we use the microwave. There would be similar issues with kitchen and bathrooms sharing one circuit. It is funny how real life so often is "out-of-code". Following the current code, the lights in the dinning room would not dim because the two-small appliance circuit described above is only intended to serve receptacles in the kitchen and dinning room, and similar spaces in a dwelling, and so putting lights (any lights that are not lamps plugged into to wall receptacles) on them would not be permitted. In other words, your lights and your receptacles should not be on the same circuit, according to the NEC
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