1793
Senior Member
- Location
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Occupation
- Inspector
I looked at a situation today, Customer called with a breaker problem, her husband could not turn off a kitchen circuit off while replacing a Hood fan with a Microwave.
I found that the original electrician(s) connected two different 15A circuits together, they happened to be on the same "phase".
So now the Microwave is on with the Kitchen and Foyer lighting and when all is on the circuit has a 17.4A draw.
A new circuit would be near impossible to run, so I was thinking about combining the DW & Disposer on 1 and use the other for the Microwave. The Microwave nameplate is 16.5kW, so a 15A should hold.
See photo below for routing of possible solution.
I found that the original electrician(s) connected two different 15A circuits together, they happened to be on the same "phase".
So now the Microwave is on with the Kitchen and Foyer lighting and when all is on the circuit has a 17.4A draw.
A new circuit would be near impossible to run, so I was thinking about combining the DW & Disposer on 1 and use the other for the Microwave. The Microwave nameplate is 16.5kW, so a 15A should hold.
See photo below for routing of possible solution.