jcanoe: I checked and the circuit breaker is labeled 50 Amps - see below. I am assuming I should replace it with a 60 Amp breaker. Do you think that's the most probable cause? jcanoe said: I would get the electrician who installed the circuit involved. All connections should be c...
The big stuff is typical suburban house...Electric double oven plus electric cooktop, electric dryer and then central air. I have no intentions for adding anything heavy that I don’t already have. I had the subpanel put in to be able to add intermittent use outlets more easily (basement...
Another potential hazard occurs when more than one outlet is wired to a single circuit. If you wander back to your circuit breakers or fuse box, you may see a single circuit labeled "Dining Room" or "A/C unit and Washer/Dryer." You may find that all of the outlets in an entire...
When the breaker trips does the power cord or plug or outlet feel hot? You could try plugging a hair dryer or heater into that outlet to see if it trips. Alan G Member 561 13 Posted August 20, 2021 In our house each room has its own circuit breaker and some appliance outlets in...
hottub is a lot cheaper to run in the summer than the winter and the A/C is high in the summer but non-existent in the winter. The electric cloths dryer and stove are probably around 15% combined. I’d like to one day track each of these circuits but isn’t a priority at the ...
Can you put the hall plug on the same breaker as the dining room? How many switches have to be in the stairwell? What size wire do you use for a dryer? How many amps can 12-2-WG take? All of these questions are answered somewhere in the 700 (more or less) pages of the ...