3 ms·
It's even worse when they put enough lights on a circuit that the first person to turn on a hair dryer without shutting most of them off blows the circuit break
by rbritton 13y ago
It's even worse when they put enough lights on a circuit that the first person to turn on a hair dryer without shutting most of them off blows the circuit breaker.
- miahi 13y agoThat's just incorrect wiring from my point of view; I don't know the US regulations, but you shouldn't mix lights and power sockets on the same circuit. Lights should have their own circuit breaker, of less amps than a socket circuit.
- rbritton 13y agoI agree, but to my knowledge it's fully legal in most areas. I'm thankful I caught them putting my office on the same circuit and fixed it. One of my printers alone draws 13 amps while printing. I just wish I would've looked into the rest of the house when I found the office wiring.
- DanBC 13y agoWait what? What kind of printer do you have?
- yardie 13y agoProbably one of those Xerox documentcenters. Printing is sort of a misnomer as it can also bind, staple, fold, envelope, sort and duplex. When I used to work in prepress the printer we had was as long as a truck, used 480V, and had it's own fume hood to capture all the ozone it put out.
- vonmoltke 13y agoIf you had a known 13A load, why didn't you have a dedicated 15A branch circuit installed for it? Its uncommon but not prohibited in residential construction.
- vonmoltke 13y agoIn the US, both the trade and the National Electric Code have a distinct preference to laying out branch circuits by room as much as possible. I lean towards that view as well, as it is a better logical organization for servicing and means you do not need to cut the lighting to half the house to work on a fixture.