The question I have is this: I have remodeled our main floor bathroom. It was not ground faulted. At the main panel, the current breaker's neutral wire is too short to stretch from the neutral bar to the GFI. Is it Okay to splice in a "jumper" wire to complete the circuit?
Does a bathroom GFCI need to be 20A?
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It is OK to splice on extra wire to reach the GFCI. Yes, the GFCI breaker needs to be 20A for the bathroom receptacles.
"Does a bathroom GFCI need to be 20A?"
No simple answer.
Under current code a bathroom has to have 20 amp circuit. That circuit can feed ONLY the receptacles in multiple bathrooms or it can the receptacle(s), lights, and fan in ONE bathroom.
If you are rewiring the bathroom then you might be required to brring it up to current code. It is kind of up to the inspectors where you need to do this.
As to your question. The Receptacle can be a 15 amp duplex receptacle and must be a 15 amp receptacle if it is on older 15 amp circuit.
And all GFCI receptacle the GFCI and feed through portions of the receptacle are rated for 20 amps, although the recpetacle part has 15 amp rating (for each half).
If it is GFCI breaker then for a new circuit it should 20 amps and matching size wire. For existing circuits then the breaker needs to match the size of wire.
Why not use a GFCI receptacle?
As to you question about extending the neutral connection and a GFCI breaker.
I don't see any reason that you can't.
No simple answer.
Under current code a bathroom has to have 20 amp circuit. That circuit can feed ONLY the receptacles in multiple bathrooms or it can the receptacle(s), lights, and fan in ONE bathroom.
If you are rewiring the bathroom then you might be required to brring it up to current code. It is kind of up to the inspectors where you need to do this.
As to your question. The Receptacle can be a 15 amp duplex receptacle and must be a 15 amp receptacle if it is on older 15 amp circuit.
And all GFCI receptacle the GFCI and feed through portions of the receptacle are rated for 20 amps, although the recpetacle part has 15 amp rating (for each half).
If it is GFCI breaker then for a new circuit it should 20 amps and matching size wire. For existing circuits then the breaker needs to match the size of wire.
Why not use a GFCI receptacle?
As to you question about extending the neutral connection and a GFCI breaker.
I don't see any reason that you can't.
GFCI breaker needs to be 20A for the bathroom receptacles.
It is not clear what he is doing. But if this is an existing circuit and he is not replacing it. Remodeling can vary form just replacing and a new light fixture to gutting and moving walls.
If it is an existing circcuit then the breaker needs to make the existing circuit.
It is not clear what he is doing. But if this is an existing circuit and he is not replacing it. Remodeling can vary form just replacing and a new light fixture to gutting and moving walls.
If it is an existing circcuit then the breaker needs to make the existing circuit.
