Greetings.
There is a house which my friend has purchased that somehow passed an electrical inspection, which contains something I have never seen before. To shut off lights to his kitchen area both a 15 amp breaker and a 20 amp breaker need to be switched off. If only one of the two breakers is switched off, the system will remain energized. I have never seen this before and deep down in my heart I think it must be wrong, but I am not smug enough to believe I have any form of electrical expertise... and so I ask you, the kind knowledge filled people of this forum for your wisdom.
so.. one circuit (general lighting in a kitchen) two differently sized breakers (15 & 20 amp). Is this safe :?, I vote nay.
a little house history... it seems the previous owner flipped a renovation in the kitchen and took down a wall to make an island (which they never bothered to install an outlet in). My guess is that somewhere lurking in a junction box (or more likely under wads of electrical tape) in the attic they tied the general lighting to the receptacle that used to live in the wall they shrunk down into an island.
Much thanks for your time for reading this. All help appreciated.
There is a house which my friend has purchased that somehow passed an electrical inspection, which contains something I have never seen before. To shut off lights to his kitchen area both a 15 amp breaker and a 20 amp breaker need to be switched off. If only one of the two breakers is switched off, the system will remain energized. I have never seen this before and deep down in my heart I think it must be wrong, but I am not smug enough to believe I have any form of electrical expertise... and so I ask you, the kind knowledge filled people of this forum for your wisdom.
so.. one circuit (general lighting in a kitchen) two differently sized breakers (15 & 20 amp). Is this safe :?, I vote nay.
a little house history... it seems the previous owner flipped a renovation in the kitchen and took down a wall to make an island (which they never bothered to install an outlet in). My guess is that somewhere lurking in a junction box (or more likely under wads of electrical tape) in the attic they tied the general lighting to the receptacle that used to live in the wall they shrunk down into an island.
Much thanks for your time for reading this. All help appreciated.
