Therossinator
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- Location
- Ventura, CA
- Occupation
- Civil Engineer
I currently have four circuits feeding my kitchen: two SABC (MWBC), a dishwasher, and garbage disposer (MWBC). My current circuit breakers are basic GE "thin" breakers and upgrading to AFCI or GFCI would take up twice as much room. I have a 8 space/16 circuit panel I only have 3 open spaces (6 circuits) and would like to keep as much open capacity as I can in as I plan to add a dedicated circuit for all-in-one ventless laundry machine and eventually a car charger.
due to moving/adding outlets, I plan to replace the circuit breakers for the SABCs with AFCI/GFCI breakers but leave the dishwasher and garbage disposer breakers as is as I am not modifying those circuits. They already have GFCI receptacles.
I plan to move the refrigerator and this new location will require a new receptacle. Will this need to be a dedicated circuit or can I use a SABC?
I plan to replace the hood above the gas range with a hood/microwave combo. Will this need a dedicated circuit or can I use a SABC?
If a dedicated circuit is required for either the refrigerator or the hood/microwave combo, would an AFCI/GFCI receptacle meet the requirement or would the circuit breaker need to provide that protection? If a receptacle is acceptable, could I use a duplex AFCI/GFCI receptacle or because it's a dedicated circuit would I be required to use a single receptacle (hooked up to something like a Leviton AGRBF-W)?
I know that the obvious solution would be to get a bigger panel, but my current one is not a standard size (condo built in the 70s) and doesn't span the width between two studs. The stud that it's not attached to is adjacent to a wall so if I were to get a new panel, I believe that the overlap of the dead front would hit up against that wall.
Thank, all!
due to moving/adding outlets, I plan to replace the circuit breakers for the SABCs with AFCI/GFCI breakers but leave the dishwasher and garbage disposer breakers as is as I am not modifying those circuits. They already have GFCI receptacles.
I plan to move the refrigerator and this new location will require a new receptacle. Will this need to be a dedicated circuit or can I use a SABC?
I plan to replace the hood above the gas range with a hood/microwave combo. Will this need a dedicated circuit or can I use a SABC?
If a dedicated circuit is required for either the refrigerator or the hood/microwave combo, would an AFCI/GFCI receptacle meet the requirement or would the circuit breaker need to provide that protection? If a receptacle is acceptable, could I use a duplex AFCI/GFCI receptacle or because it's a dedicated circuit would I be required to use a single receptacle (hooked up to something like a Leviton AGRBF-W)?
I know that the obvious solution would be to get a bigger panel, but my current one is not a standard size (condo built in the 70s) and doesn't span the width between two studs. The stud that it's not attached to is adjacent to a wall so if I were to get a new panel, I believe that the overlap of the dead front would hit up against that wall.
Thank, all!
