#3 way switch code#
My ressi experience is minimal and only in custom homes and we always put in three ways if a room had more than one entrance so I assumed it was a code requirement. So if he came in from this new garage entrance down to the basement, he had to walk through the basement in the dark to the main stairwell on the other side to turn on the lights. The basement lights were controlled by a switch at the bottom of the main stairwell only. The extra stairwell had three ways as required, but when you got to the bottom of the stairwell, there was no way to turn on the basement lights. The basement also has a main stairwell from inside the house. The idea was he could enter the house directly to the basement from the garage. Stairways, and at outdoor entrances, remote, central, or automaticĬlick to expand.My father in law had a house built recently and paid extra to have an entrance complete with a stairwell installed from the interior of the garage down to the basement. Level, and landing level that includes an entryway, toĬontrol the lighting outlet(s) where the stairway betweenĮxception to (A)(2)(1), (A)(2)(2), and (A)(2)(3): In hallways, in Interior stairways, there shall be a wall switch at each floor (3) Where one or more lighting outlet(s) are installed for
Shall not be considered as an outdoor entrance or exit. On the exterior side of outdoor entrances orĮxits with grade-level access. Garages with electric power, at least one wall switch–Ĭontrolled lighting outlet shall be installed to provide illumination (2) For dwelling units, attached garages, and detached Installed in hallways, stairways, attached garages, and (1) At least one wall switch–controlled lighting outlet shall be Installed in accordance with the following:
Just trying to make a point that the NEC does not call for 3 way switches
The section is 210.70(A)(2)- Theoretically I could have a sp switch and a light at the top and a sp switch to a light at the bottom of the stairs but who would do that. I know there's electrical and building codes regarding switched lights, but don't engage in any residential wiring professionally for a long time - but last I knew there was never any call for a switched light or receptacle in living rooms at all.Īrt 210 does not state 3 way switches for stairways.
#3 way switch professional#
Realize that the nicest and most professional people can still be psychopaths on a power trip - and aren't content unless they know others are under their thumb. It's tantamount to "It's good to be king." It's the verbal equivalent to the Glock in the policeman's holster. If your inspector is a big fan of woodworking at home, and inspects a new build with a 3-car oversized garage you installed only 3 receptacles in, on one 20a circuit - and there's this big extra "hobby/storage" area - would he bitch that it's just common sense to throw a couple of 240 volt 20 and 30a receptacles in there because "that's just common sense?" Would the extra outside people door with no switch for the garage lights ruffle his feathers, because that's how he enters and exits his own house on the regular and has a bug up his arse because there's no 3-way for the interior lights there? You know the guy and have a good rapport, but you need to figure out the most diplomatic way of informing him when he is crossing that line between the world he's living in, and the world he'd like to see. You have a rogue inspector, no different than a rogue cop, enforcing laws that don't exist. What I bolded in your statement is illegal. But in the end, it comes down to "what is the law." The electrical code and in some respects, the building code, is the law the inspectors have to follow, and their only job. Click to expand.Just like a police officer, different inspectors will handle a situation in different ways.
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