Can free-standing office furniture partitions be supplied with multiwire branch circuits? There are a dozen locations we need to supply with two circuits each, but the drawing states "no multiwire branch circuits." Multiwire branch circuits are not permitted to supply office furnishings. See Section 605.9(D), Multiwire Circuits, Not Permitted. This prohibits multiwire branch circuits in individual office furnishings or groups of interconnected office furnishings. The expansion of GFCI protection to include single-phase receptacles up to SOA and three-phase receptacles up to 100A has created significant problems in finding breakers to comply. We do a lot of work in existing kitchens and eateries and cannot get bolt-on Type 2 and three-pole GFCI circuit breakers. What can we do?
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