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National Electrical Code 2008
ARTICLE 210 Branch Circuits
210.52 Dwelling Unit Receptacle Outlets.
(B) Small Appliances.(1) Receptacle Outlets Served. In the kitchen, pantry, breakfast room, dining room, or similar area of a dwelling unit, the two or more 20-ampere small-appliance branch circuits required by 210.11(C)(1) shall serve all wall and floor receptacle outlets covered by 210.52(A), all countertop outlets covered by 210.52(C), and receptacle outlets for refrigeration equipment.
(2) No Other Outlets. The two or more small-appliance branch circuits specified in 210.52(B)(1) shall have no other outlets.
(3) Kitchen Receptacle Requirements. Receptacles installed in a kitchen to serve countertop surfaces shall be supplied by not fewer than two small-appliance branch circuits, either or both of which shall also be permitted to supply receptacle outlets in the same kitchen and in other rooms specified in 210.52(B)(1). Additional small-appliance branch circuits shall be permitted to supply receptacle outlets in the kitchen and other rooms specified in 210.52(B)(1). No small-appliance branch circuit shall serve more than one kitchen.
210.52 (B) (1) säger i grunden att alla behållarna i köket ska levereras av 2 eller fler 20A kretsar. 210.52 (B) (2) säger att det inte borde finnas några andra uttag på dessa 2 eller flera kretsar, vilket innebär att inga belysningsuttag och inga utlopp ligger utanför köket. 210.52 (B) (3) säger att de 2 eller flera kretsarna kan användas för att leverera behållare i andra "em" relaterade -rum (skafferi, frukostrum, matsal, eller liknande område).
Även om köket och vardagsrummet kan dela en vägg, enligt NEC 2008 kan de inte dela en elektrisk krets.