SECTION 748:20-5-22.1. IRC 2015 Chapter 37 Branch Circuit and Feeder Requirements

  Chapter 37 of the IRC® 2015 is adopted with the following modification: Section E3702.3 Fifteen- and 20-ampere branch circuits, has been modified to provide adequate loads per circuit. This section has been modified to read: E3702.3 Fifteen- and 20-ampere branch circuits. A 15- or 20-ampere branch circuit shall be permitted to supply lighting units, or other utilization equipment, or a combination of both. The rating of any one cord-and-plug connected utilization equipment not fastened in place shall not exceed 80 percent of the branch-circuit ampere rating. The total rating of utilization equipment fastened in place, other than luminaries, shall not exceed 50 percent of the branch-circuit ampere rating where lighting units, cord-and-plug connected utilization equipment is not fastened in place, or both, are also supplied. 20-ampere general-purpose branch circuits shall supply a maximum of 10 outlets. 15-ampere general-purpose branch circuits shall supply a maximum of 8 outlets. [210.23(A)(1) and (2)]

[Source: Added at 33 Ok Reg 1852, eff 11-1-16]