Exaust Fan In Bath W/GFI Protection

nywoodwizard

Wouldn't it make more since to protect an exhaust fan in the shower thru a GFI receptacle rather than protect the whole bath circuit thru a GFI breaker. if the breaker trips the lights will also go out and this can still pose a threat of tripping and falling at night time or if there are no windows in the bath for light. if the GFI receptacle trips the lights stay on. What say you.

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Celtic

The argument for using a GFCI CB goes like this:
It protects the ENTIRE circuit.

The argument against the GFCI CB goes like this:
CB's cost more than devices.

In either case, if the fan/light combo requires GFCI protection and the GFCI trips - you'll be in the dark.
If there is another source of light in the bathroom (vanity perhaps), it could be on a general purpose circuit and that light would remain on.

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Speedy Petey

I agree.

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Magnettica

Yes.

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MALCO.New.York

Taint so hard to wire the circuit separately, light and fan. It is ALWAYS best to have a fan that work independently from the light. Why? No need to burn a light while evacuating a bathroom of the gathered gloom post-deposit. Why I mean is that you can leave the fan to run after sittin' without wasting unused light.

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acrwc10

20 years ago I lived in a 2 story house that had the bathrooms on a gfci breaker and it would trip on a semi regular basis. There is no joy like going downstairs and into the garage on a cold night to reset a CB that could have been protected by a local gfci receptacle. Since then I use the gfci receptacles in the room it is protecting.

woodchuck2

X2, both circuits can be GFCI protected seperatly too if you desire.

nywoodwizard

Of course not but i was using a scenario of just a fan not a fan/light combo. If it had a light i would wire it up separately anyway under those circumstances. Its also keeping the bathroom on its own circuit. There are plenty of apartment buildings,residential baths and basement baths with no windows for light during the day,then there is night.

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nywoodwizard

My point exactly, much more practicle.

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MALCO.New.York

That will teach me to read a bit more thoroughly!!!!!

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