[Unregistered]

I am finishing a basement bedroom. I have a circuit for the garage, with a circuit with "basement lights". The existing garage circuit feeds an outlet in the basement mechanical room. May I feed the future bedroom of this garage circuit, and convert the "basement lights" circuit into the new basement bathroom circuit?

 

[hitek]

Need More Info

Need More Information on what you are trying to do. What Size Wire is feeding your current lighting? Is there a separate circuit feeding your garage?

If you can your best bet is going to be to run new circuits from your panel.
New codes require all circuits in a bedroom to be Arc-Fault Protected.

 

[Nathan]

Welcome to the board Hitek!

 

[Speedy Petey]

A new bathroom needs a 20 amp dedicated circuit. The whole bath can be on this circuit but no other outlets can. The receptacle needs to be a GFI. I would not GFI the whole bath, just the receptacle.

 

[Unregistered]

Gentlemen,
Sorry to have wasted your time. The sparkys failed to label the "basement lights" circuit as to what is is truly is, it's the basement lights & kitchen lights. So I am running a dedicated circuit for the bath.

FYI, I was trying to shortcut by replacing the 15 amp "basement lights" circuit with a 20 amp, ( existing 12/2 wire) and renaming it the bath circuit.

Just as a knowledge factor, would it have been compliant to pull the basement bedroom of the garage circuit? (20 amp, 12/2)?