Refrigerator Circuit

[riggenbw]

Refrigerator Circuit

While becoming an electrician in Miami, Fla, we were under the South Fla Building Code which required a 20 amp dedicated circuit for the refrigerator. I still practice this. This is one circuit you don't want spurious trips on because of food stored inside.

 

[peter d]

While becoming an electrician in Miami, Fla, we were under the South Fla Building Code which required a 20 amp dedicated circuit for the refrigerator. I still practice this. This is one circuit you don't want spurious trips on because of food stored inside.

You're welcome to do whatever you want, but to me that's a waste. Modern refrigerators are energy efficient and most don't even come close to requiring 15 amps, let alone 20 amps.

Furthermore, as mentioned before there are no modern residential refrigerators that require a 20 amp circuit.

 

[Twoskinsoneman]

You're welcome to do whatever you want, but to me that's a waste. Modern refrigerators are energy efficient and most don't even come close to requiring 15 amps, let alone 20 amps.

Furthermore, as mentioned before there are no modern residential refrigerators that require a 20 amp circuit.

I agree. There are places where the NEC calls for dedicated circuits but this is not one of them. Besides being non-continous for the larger part of the load they are very efficient.

What are you going do if the HO shows up with some absurd commercial fridge that reqiures a 30A circuit. Perhaps we should start runing #10s to the fridge recep just in case...

 

[electricmanscott]

While becoming an electrician in Miami, Fla, we were under the South Fla Building Code which required a 20 amp dedicated circuit for the refrigerator. I still practice this. This is one circuit you don't want spurious trips on because of food stored inside.

Again the facts are shoved aside and replaced with it's the way we've always done it.

 

[peter d]

Again the facts are shoved aside and replaced with it's the way we've always done it.

Didn't you know the S. Florida building code applied everywhere in the country?

 

[electricmanscott]

Perhaps we should start runing #10s to the fridge recep just in case...

What kind of hack are you.

I wire a 50 amp range receptacle behind every fridge.

What if..........

 

[peter d]

I wire a 50 amp range receptacle behind every fridge.

Pssshhh...now you've revealed yourself to be the hack. I run an empty 4" conduit to every refrigerator location.

 

[electricmanscott]

Pssshhh...now you've revealed yourself to be the hack. I run an empty 4" conduit to every refrigerator location.

I made that revelation long ago!
This is actually a picture from behind my fridge.......

 

[Twoskinsoneman]

I made that revelation long ago!
This is actually a picture from behind my fridge.......

nicely done. :smile:

 

[480sparky]

I made that revelation long ago!
This is actually a picture from behind my fridge.......

Where's Homer?

 

[LarryFine]

Where's Homer?

Looks like Homer pooped out.