[Shop-talk] Electrical fire waiting to happen

[David Scheidt]

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:13 AM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>> Are you saying that to switch off a breaker, an

> In fact, I just found out yesterday that one of the breakers marked "House
> Conv" handles the outlet for the refrigerator & microwave, but not the one
> right next to it.
>

Code for kitchens currently requires two separate 20 amp circuits for
small appliances.  It's considered good practice to make sure that
everything won't be plugged into just one of them; that's sometimes
done by alternating outlets.  It's a good practice to have the 'fridge
on a circuit of it's own; most places that doesn't need to be GFCI.
(The NEC changes substantially for kitchens in every revision, what's
required in your house depends a lot on when it was wired.)



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David Scheidt
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