Change Summary

• The NEC previously prohibited overcurrent devices in bathrooms and now they clarify and include showering facilities and locker rooms with showering facilities.

Expert Analysis

A revision has been made to prohibit overcurrent protective devices in all bathrooms. Also overcurrent protective devices are prohibited in showering facilities, or locker rooms with showering facilities, as they represent similar hazards.

This revision recognizes the difficulty of accessing occupied bathrooms.

Supplemental overcurrent devices are allowed.

Examples of supplemental overcurrent devices are identified in illustration below.

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