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Unless your wiring was damaged or sketchy, it will have no issue taking 20 amps for a while. Problem is a (small) chance it could in fact cause issues, possibly
by labawi 6y ago
Unless your wiring was damaged or sketchy, it will have no issue taking 20 amps for a while. Problem is a (small) chance it could in fact cause issues, possibly fires, possibly at a later date.
People don't usually count consumption of their devices, so plugging in pretty much anything that the circuit breaker will take is a fairly common occurrence.