GM> JE> The house I had in Houston is older than that now and it had
GM> JE> convenience outlets as I described. The house I am in now was
GM> JE> built in 1974 - and is the same. The room I am in right now
GM> JE> - a small bedroom (originally) about 12 x 12 has FOUR
GM> JE> outlets - on on each wall. The master bedroom has 5 outlets
GM> JE> - one wall has 2. That is pretty much standard here and has
GM> JE> been for about 50 years or more - by most city electrical
GM> JE> codes.

GM>At the time my house was built, you told the builder where you
GM>wanted the power outlets, etc. The electrical code specified the
GM>maximum number of outlets you could have on the one run -- IIRC
GM>it was 15. There was nothing about a minimum number.

Sorta the same here. If one ran out of possible outlets
for one "run", then another run was added. The number of
outlets was determined by the total logical amperage draw.

GM>I don't know whether there is anything today in the building
GM>codes here about minimum numbers of points and where they should
GM>be. I suspect that its the same as it was then.

Jay
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