Branch Circuit


Electrical Code

Branch Circuit

The circuit conductors between the final over-current device protecting the circuit and the outlet(s).

Appliance Branch Circuit

A branch circuit that supplies energy to one or more outlets to which appliances are to be connected and that has no permanently connected luminaires that are not part of an appliance.

General-Purpose Branch Circuit

A branch circuit that supplies two or more receptacles or outlets for lighting and appliances.

Individual Branch Circuit

A branch circuit that supplies only one utilization equipment.

Multiwire Branch Circuit

A branch circuit that consists of two or more ungrounded conductors that have a voltage between them, and a grounded conductor that has equal voltage between it and each ungrounded conductor of the circuit and that is connected to the neutral or grounded conductor of the system.

(National Electrical Code® 100-1)