Haha, if you mean the breaker being blown. Yes of course. I mean the wiring inside the box.
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Re: Household electrical [wrmattil]
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Re: Household electrical (resolved) [beatle]
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So it turns out that the wire at the breaker box is simply too thin to handle the current demand. It is burnt! Solution is to run a new circuit to the outlet that is demanding a lot of current.
thanks all.
thanks all.
Re: Household electrical (resolved) [beatle]
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Uhh... wow. That's seriously a big deal. I hope the electrician looked at all the branch circuits and what their loads were. You are *damn* lucky there wasn't a fire!
Now go buy a lottery ticket...
Now go buy a lottery ticket...
Re: Household electrical (resolved) [beatle]
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beatle wrote:
So it turns out that the wire at the breaker box is simply too thin to handle the current demand. It is burnt! Solution is to run a new circuit to the outlet that is demanding a lot of current. thanks all.
Dude.
14 gauge wire for a 15 amp breaker
12 gauge wire for a 20 amp breaker
You shouldn't need larger wire or breaker for standard outlets in a house. Also, code allows a 20 amp breaker and 12 gauge wire with the use of 15 amp outlets. It's ok for the outlet to be the weak link, but not the wire or breaker.
Okay? I didnt build the 1950s house.
thanks?
thanks?