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Ok to mix 12/2 and 14/2 wire to a 20 amp breaker or 15 amp breaker? chrisc 05-07-2008
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Posted by Red Green on May 8, 2008, 12:18 am

> The wiring is all over the place in this house. For example a bathroom
> fan is on 14/2 wire going to a 15 amp breaker. And a bathroom outlet
> is 12/2 going to a 20 amp breaker. I want to put both on the same
> circuit and make everything more neat and organized. Which breaker can
> they not go on if combined? Can't remember how the rules go. Is one
> unsafe cause the wires can get too hot. Thanks a lot.
>
>

Wiring is supposed to be all over the place...better know as distributed
based on probable use. The bathroom is on 20A because of the electric
hair dryer and curling iron plugged in is sucking a lot of juice. This is
not an unlikely event.

1875w hair dryer 15.6A
Curling iron maybe another 1A

Put the toilet fan and light on it and a light strip and...
Toilet fan & light another 1A
4 light BR vanity strip 60w each another 2A

Pushing the 20A now. Not so neat.

Not a freak thing to have all this on at once.





Posted by on May 8, 2008, 12:42 am
wrote:

>1875w hair dryer 15.6A

The same guy who puts those "6HP" stickers on 115v Harbor Freight air
compressors puts the 1875w sticker on hair dryers. They are about
12-13a.

http://esteroriverheights.com/electrical/1875w_hair_dryer.jpg

It is still code that a bathroom be served by a 20a circuit with no
other outlets. One 20 can serve more than one bathroom if it only goes
to the receptacles or a 20 can feed all of the loads in one bathroom
(fan and light) but can't serve anything else.

Posted by chrisc on May 8, 2008, 6:23 am
What if I dont have any hair?


> wrote:
>
>>1875w hair dryer 15.6A
>
> The same guy who puts those "6HP" stickers on 115v Harbor Freight air
> compressors puts the 1875w sticker on hair dryers. They are about
> 12-13a.
>
> http://esteroriverheights.com/electrical/1875w_hair_dryer.jpg
>
> It is still code that a bathroom be served by a 20a circuit with no
> other outlets. One 20 can serve more than one bathroom if it only goes
> to the receptacles or a 20 can feed all of the loads in one bathroom
> (fan and light) but can't serve anything else.



Posted by Red Green on May 8, 2008, 8:45 pm
$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:

> What if I dont have any hair?
>
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>1875w hair dryer 15.6A
>>
>> The same guy who puts those "6HP" stickers on 115v Harbor Freight air
>> compressors puts the 1875w sticker on hair dryers. They are about
>> 12-13a.
>>
>> http://esteroriverheights.com/electrical/1875w_hair_dryer.jpg
>>
>> It is still code that a bathroom be served by a 20a circuit with no
>> other outlets. One 20 can serve more than one bathroom if it only goes
>> to the receptacles or a 20 can feed all of the loads in one bathroom
>> (fan and light) but can't serve anything else.
>
>
>

Anywhere?!

Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on May 8, 2008, 10:24 pm

> $4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>
>> What if I dont have any hair?

Don't need hair to use a hair dryer. That blower is like the hand dryers in
public restrooms only you can do your entire body.



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