is there a receptical # limit

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jumper

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Kind of out of my depth but if I is 0 how would there be a loss?

IR^2

Beats me, let's wake up Gar-betcha he knows.

If there is resistance (load) in the wire and such, and there is a voltage drop across the load, I think you would have minor losses because you now have amperage.

I am talking about mA here. Totally insignificant.
 
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jiggawatt79

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is there a limit to how many recpticals can be on a 20a kitchen circuit?

locally it is no more than 4 receptacles for a kitchen receptacle. For an average size home I usually end up with the following kitchen circuits

countertop 4 receptacles
countertop 4 receptacles
disposal/dishwasher dedicated
fridge dedicated
microhood dedicated
maybe an island

That does not include my lighting of course.
 

mivey

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I could be wrong and probably am, but doesn't just energizing the conductors create a miniscule load because of the resistance of the wire?
Yes.

I am talking about mA here.
I am thinking much, much smaller. Probably measurable but I don't feel like calculating. I'm up early to finish a project but could not resist dropping by.

You can't have a load without a complete circuit.
No-load capacitance gives us a complete circuit, not to mention the atomic-level alignment of surface charges (miniscule losses indeed).

Unless it is a feeder to a receptacle on the other end of the Great Wall or something, the result would still be zero for our load count purposes.
 
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