| indago 2005-06-25, 4:25 am |
| 050624 1054 - phil-news-nospam@ipal.net posted:
quote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 23:40:42 GMT indago <elindago@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> | Plus the fact that a lamp cord has a tough enough time tripping out a 15 amp
> | breaker, let alone raising the ante to 20 amps. I heard a rumor that an
> | Ohio town is demanding that general outlets in living rooms, bedrooms, and
> | such be on 15 amp circuits.
>
> What town is that?
Oops! Not Ohio; Pennsylvania. Here is a posting from Beeper@echoes.net:
Beeper <Beeper@echoes.net>
Pa. code is now saying 15 amp circuits to all rooms. Receptacles and lights
for that room on the same circuit, direct feed. No junction boxes.
Exceptions are kitchens and dining rooms. They can be 20 amp, but no
junction boxes. The best our electrical shop can figure is they are trying
to do away with extension cord problems for one. Most extension cords are 15
amp. Before, people would buy an extension, plug it into a 20 amp receptacle
and octopus everything into it. FIRE in the making. Now on a 15 amp breaker,
so it trips before fire. Junction boxes??? No extra connections that can
become loose? Don't make it easy for the not so knowledgable DIYer?? If you
don't know your wire size, use a 15 amp receptacle. Unless an old home, the
circuits are probably not pushed to the amp limit anyway.
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