olly
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How many outlets and lights do you put on a circuit? Were talking normal residential, with all LED lighting. In the past I would put 10-12 items. What do you all do?
How many outlets and lights do you put on a circuit? Were talking normal residential, with all LED lighting. In the past I would put 10-12 items. What do you all do?
120v 20 amp =2400w
120v 15 amp=1800w
Ixe =p
Nec art 220 and 240
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12 amps on 15 amp circuit and 16 amps on 20 amp circuit
Templdl
Your correct
80 percent
is 1920 watts
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My magic number is 12. Duplex receps count as 1, lights are ½. So, 12 receps and 0 lights, or 6 receps and 12 lights. Or 8 receps and 8 lights.
That's for a 15a circuit.
Personally I don't like getting the cart before the horse by the 1920w figure as it may be misleading as beakers protect wire and the wire size should be based upon that 1920w continuousand not the breaker which ends up to be 80% the rating of aa 20a rated #12 wire. Then protect the wire with a 20at breaker. The breasker's protects the wire and there is no need to know the load on the breaker. People make this so complicated.
I like it.
At least that is how I wired before AFCIs, then after that it was 3va per foot
Why? What do AFCIs have to do with 3va/sq ft?
Hold up guys, let's start a new thread if you want to keep talking about how to distribute the circuits.
The OP started this thread about how many items on a breaker, let's try to stay on that in this thread.
Okay. I will stop.
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