jmellc
Senior Member
- Location
- Durham, NC
- Occupation
- Facility Maintenance Tech. Licensed Electrician
A helper recently asked me why I always put microwaves on a 20 amp circuit. I told him partly because of kitchen circuuits generally being 20 amp and partly that there might be some MW's out there that demand it. Most I have seen run from about 1,000 to 1,500 watts, where 15 amp would be OK. However, a lot of the ckts we run are for units that are not there yet. I once had to rerun a wall oven ckt where i had installed a 30A. Customer called that the unit had arrived and was 40A. Was a Bosch & sure enough needed 40. Keeping that in mind, I have always done 20 for microwaves. Better to err on side of caution IMHO.
Has anyone seen larger microwaves that run 1600 to 2400 watts?
Has anyone seen larger microwaves that run 1600 to 2400 watts?
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