Ken 6789 said:I've always thought that a DW and GD should be on separate 20 amp circuit, but have seen them wired on the same circuit. Does anyone else normally wire them on the same circuit?
iwire said:With a 20 amp circuit there is no issue unless one of the appliances is more then 10 amps.
ultramegabob said:somebody on here a while back in a similar post told about a clever idea to use a three way switch as a selector between diswasher and garbage disposal, down to power up dishwasher, up to turn on garbage disposal.
stickboy1375 said:Thats great till the DW is in the middle of a cycle and it gets shut off. :grin:
Ken 6789 said:I've always thought that a DW and GD should be on separate 20 amp circuit, but have seen them wired on the same circuit. Does anyone else normally wire them on the same circuit?
76nemo said:Do you have an extra space to allow that? If you do, then why not???
sparky59 said:this debate has gone on for years. i have put the dishwasher and disposer on the same circuit for 16 yrs., and at my own house too. i have never had any problem with this installation and none of my inspectors have ever questioned it.
stickboy1375 said:Cost of copper would be one reason.
apparently there is some question as to what the NEC requires in this situation.iwire said:None of that has anything to do with what the NEC actually requires. :grin:
76nemo said:Are you footing the bill?
iwire said:My guess is you have never worked in the residential construction markets. When I did that back in the 80s we did not give away anything.
At that time we could run one circuit from the panel to the first bathroom hit a GFCI receptacle then continue on to any other bathrooms then onto outside so we did not have to buy more then one GFCI.
76nemo said:So we are getting down to the nitty gritty and worried about losing bids on this???
Cheaper price is a cheaper price....76nemo said:So we are getting down to the nitty gritty and worried about losing bids on this???
yes...on a bid job if i run an unneeded circuit, i am footing the bill.76nemo said:Are you footing the bill? Has the price of gas crippled us that much???