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    +1 I also like keeping lighting and outlets on separate circuits. Because even 15A breakers are often overkill for supplying lighting in a single room, the only point where I might recommend breaking from your conventions is to allow a 15A lighting-only circuit to supply multiple near-by rooms when making lighting and general purpose receptacles on separate circuits. Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 18:53
  • Bathroom receptacles are another case where they can't share. Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 19:10
  • Basically all of you are saying it is acceptable (NEC) to wire nut three different 14 gauge wires coming from three different circuit breakers in a bedroom? Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 21:40
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    @larrypinsky Absolutely not. If you can't turn off any given light/receptacle by flipping only a single breaker, that's against code and dangerous. The opposite situation -- multiple lights/receptacles and/or multiple rooms on a single breaker -- is fine, other than caveats I gave in my answer. Commented Apr 21, 2017 at 22:12
  • I agree with the absolute not but i thought there was one related exception to this rule when it came to split receptacles. I read from this forum that with splits you can have two 14 different gauge power coming from two double 15 amp circuit breakers as long as they are double together in the panel and if that is the case that would be the only exception to the absolute not. Correct? Please clarify? Commented Apr 23, 2017 at 1:43