In Reply to: Re: Wry smile. Thanks, briggs. Much appreciated. [nt] posted by andyr on December 24, 2006 at 00:14:07:
From corresponding with various people in the intervening time who have made serious mains-power upgrades, as I am now undertaking major renovations to my house, I have taken the opportunity to replace this 1 x 20amp circuit with 2 x 32amp circuits. One will be for analogue comonents such as phono stage and preamp, the other for digital components such as CDP and TT power supply (and spares).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Here in the US the largest overcurrent device, breaker or fuse, that can be installed on a 120Vac branch circuit supplying power to two or more 15 amp receptacles (NEMA 5-15R)(a duplex is two), or a 20 amp receptacle (NEMA 5-20R) is 20 amps..... The minimum wire size for a 20 branch circuit is #12 awg copper.
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- Melbourne, Australia.................... - jea48 04:16:40 12/24/06 (10)
- Re: Melbourne, Australia.................... - andyr 12:38:29 12/24/06 (9)
- Re: Melbourne, Australia.................... - jea48 15:24:14 12/24/06 (0)
- I don't think so - Paul Tobin 13:39:40 12/24/06 (7)
- Re: I don't think so - andyr 14:33:43 12/24/06 (6)
- I'm not totally convinced - Paul Tobin 08:09:05 12/25/06 (5)
- Re: I'm not totally convinced - andyr 14:03:32 12/25/06 (4)
- Thanks for the explanation - Paul Tobin 17:06:19 12/25/06 (3)
- Re: Thanks for the explanation - andyr 17:30:52 12/25/06 (2)
- Andy, what size of wire are you connecting to this 32 amp breaker? - jea48 19:39:29 12/25/06 (1)
- Thanks, jim ... - andyr 03:15:11 12/26/06 (0)