New to section 210.12 for Arc Fault circuits are added locations. Patient Sleeping Rooms in Nursing Homes and Limited-Care Facilities are protected areas new to this section.
210.12 (C) Guest Rooms, Guest Suites, and Patient Sleeping Rooms in Nursing Homes and Limited-Care Facilities.
All 120-volt, single-phase, 15- and 20-ampere branch circuits supplying outlets and devices installed in guest rooms and guest suites of hotels and motels and patient sleeping rooms in nursing homes and limited-care facilities shall be protected by any of the means described in 210.12(A)(1) through (6).
Each new Code cycle we get a little more Arc Fault protection. Some day it will all be Arc Fault protected. Which isn’t a bad thing.
Well that’s all for this week, have a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Jake