| phil-news-nospam@ipal.net 2005-06-26, 11:25 pm |
| On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:18:39 GMT indago <elindago@earthlink.net> wrote:
| 050624 1054 - phil-news-nospam@ipal.net posted:
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|> 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:
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| 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.
This in a state that does not license electricians?
I do agree with the no junction box thing. There are many in this newsgroup
and some forums that say there is nothing wrong with junctions done right.
The thing is, even ones done right eventually become not-so-right a lot
sooner than insulation breaks down. OTOH, there are some cases where you
just have to have a junction. But, a good terminal block can make it safe
at some cost.
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