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If a kitchen or bathroom is protected by an AFCI/GFCI breaker, is still required to install a GFCI receptacle?
 

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The only "benefit" would be that if it tripped first, you would not have to go to the breaker box to reset it.
That still does not answer my question.
But I understand where you are coming from.
 

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The answer to that implied question is yes. The answer to the original question is no.

Don't take my answers as authoritative, but I am correct in this instance.
 

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If you install a true AFCI/GFCI breaker then yes, you can install regular receptacles, but these are pretty rare yet.

A standard AFCI breaker DOES NOT have the level of GFCI protection to meet code. This goes for "combination AFCI" as well. The term combination does not mean it is combination AFCI/GFCI. It means it detects two different types of arc faults.
There is combination arc-fault breakers, and "dual function" AFCI/GFCI breakers.

Curious, why do you need AFCI protection on kitchen or bath receptacle circuits?
 

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Where GFCI protection is required, it can be done either at the panel with a specialized breaker, OR as the first receptacle in the chain...there should only be one in the circuit...either way suffices.
 

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If you install a true AFCI/GFCI breaker then yes, you can install regular receptacles, but these are pretty rare yet.

A standard AFCI breaker DOES NOT have the level of GFCI protection to meet code. This goes for "combination AFCI" as well. The term combination does not mean it is combination AFCI/GFCI. It means it detects two different types of arc faults.
There is combination arc-fault breakers, and "dual function" AFCI/GFCI breakers.

Curious, why do you need AFCI protection on kitchen or bath receptacle circuits?
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It now required according to NEC, thank you and the AFCI/GFCI are costly.
 

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Here is one example.The ones we will be using are Eaton products,
 

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It now required according to NEC, thank you and the AFCI/GFCI are costly.
In your area? Just because the new NEC comes out does not mean it automatically applies in all areas. Although I guess many area have adopted it already.
 
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