Minimum requirements of the Code for electrical fixtures
Light fixtures for utility rooms, crawl spaces and attics without stairs can be controlled by pull chains.
Lighting for corridors, staircases and outside inputs can be activated by specialized switches. These include remote, Central or automatic switches.
Additional recommendations. Lighting fixtures must also be installed for the illumination of the front of an oven, washing equipment in a basement or garage, bathroom mirrors, and wardrobes. Luminaires in wardrobes should be placed so that items cannot be piled up close to them or on a hot lamp. This may include lowering a shelf, an armature health disorder or fluorescent fixtures to use. Pendant luminaires are not allowed.
Switches. The switch for the main light point for a space must reside on the door of the room; at every door, if there is more than one. The switch must be on the side of the lock of a hinged door, so that the door is not accessing the plate interferes when you enter the room.
Can’t find switches in bathrooms where it is possible to reach them during the use of the shower or bath. Attic stairs must be illuminated by a light that is controlled by a switch at the foot of the stairs. Lighting for cellar stairs must be fitted with a switch to the head of the stairs, as well as an additional switch at each other entrance to the basement.
Receptacles. Receptacles, an abbreviation for convenience points of sale, must be in each room does not exceed 12 metres apart. (Actually the code States that no point along the floor line of each wall more than 6 feet from a wall outlet.) On a wall with more than one doorway, there must be at least one output, unless it is part of the wall between the door openings less than 2 meters wide.
Place receptacles for kitchen counters not more than 4 metres apart. Standard practice is to install at least one exhaust valve for each foot of counter. Washrooms must have at least one container positioned within 6 feet of each appliance.
Bathrooms must have at least one container next to the sink. All bathroom outlets should be protected by GFCI devices. There must be at least one container outdoors, as well as a garage and a cellar. They must all GFCI protected.
Appliances. A 240-volt appliance or permanent 120-volt appliance has its own container or junction box.
