New house 15 or 20 amp circuits??? - Electrician Talk
2012年1月16日 · Id do 15 amp on lights, 1 20amp circuit for outlets per room. Keep lights and plugs separate. Since its your house, you could have every outlet on its own breaker:laughing: Being serious it never hurts to over do it, code is a minimum. Its there to protect and limit those who look for the cheapest design.
Why Can't I Use 20 amp Outlet On 15 amp Line? - Electrician Talk
2022年4月21日 · I've seen 15 amp outlets on 20 amp circuits melt because they cant handle the same continuous loads as the circuit breaker. Now I've never encountered an issue with a 20 amp outlet on a 15 amp breaker. I assume its the logic of not being able to use a device that's rated for over 15 amps on that circuit potentially causing nuisance tripping.
15 amp receptacles on a 20 amp circuit? - Electrician Talk
2016年1月8日 · Another thing is, a 15 amp receptacle is rated for 20 amp feedthrough, so that the portion of the circuit downstream from a receptacle can still deliver 20 amps. In other words, the code is relying on the idea that appliances with 15 amp plugs won't use over 15 amps in the application it was intended for.
Does anyone still install 15A splits in kitchens? - Electrician Talk
2011年7月26日 · My kitchen is wired in 15 amp split receptacles and won't be adding gfci protection ever. Unless I have to relocate it there is no code that would make me upgrade the outlets or circuits. That said, New outlets would get wired in 12-2 with a gfci outlet for locations within 1.5 meters of the sink.
Pass-through outlets on 20A circuit - Electrician Talk
2016年12月30日 · When we change out old fuse boxes it is not unusual to find 30 amp screw-in glass fuses protecting 14 guage wire, obviously we use 15 amp breaker in new panel So a few years ago, customer called the day after changeout, said a circuit was tripping breaker. I asked him which circuit: "The one with 2 freezers, refrig, and window unit air cond."
15 amp breaker keeps tripping - Electrician Talk
2021年12月20日 · Everything worked fine after the fact. Did an amperage test after the fact and both circuits with lights on, outlets occupied, etc it could not go over 5 amps each .. 4 days later the homeowner just called and and said the original tandem …
Is putting a 20A receptacle on a 15A circuit a violation?
2017年6月23日 · Especially the part where you always have to mount the circuit breaker panels immediately adjacent to where the poco meter is located, which you damn well know is not always so easy to manage , whereas if you had just installed a combo meter /main (one piece of equipment , not two by the way) you can run a long piece of ser cable to wherever is convenient and code acceptable to make a sub ...
Newbie question about 480v 3 phase - Electrician Talk
2013年4月23日 · Our graphics department has a massive printing unit thats being replaced by a smaller more productive unit. It originally ran off of 2 6/5 cords running 240v per cord. The panel it runs off of is 480v 3 phase. The new unit needs only one 240v 50 amp plug in. BUT they also want two 115v 15 amp outlets next to it for reasons I wasnt told.
14/2 vs 12/2 - Electrician Talk
2021年3月26日 · I don't think I've ever put #12 on a 15 amp breaker. The few houses I've done, lights are always #14 on 15 amp breakers, outlets are always #12 on 20s. Reactions: sparky1426 , samgregger , CP63801 and 2 others
backstab receptacles for 12 gauge wire - Electrician Talk
2017年8月14日 · As for the OP, I would pigtail that useless #12 down to #14 and backstab everyone of those 15 amp devices. I do have a little heartburn pig-tailing it down when using 15amp devices on a 20 amp circuit appliance circuit.