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Posted by mm on March 30, 2007, 1:26 pm
On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:40:58 -0400, "sinister"
>I'm renting the top half of a house.
>
>For the second time now, the circuit breaker for one of the circuits in the
>kitchen tripped. (Aside: annoying 'cuz the breaker switches are in the
>other half of the house.)
>
>Here's what was running and what their labels say:
>* Microwave (13 amps)
>* Fridge (6.5 amps)
>* Hair dryer (blower): 1875 W
= something like 16 or 17 amps.
I would stop using the hair dryer when the microwave is running.
The fridge goes on automatically, so that would be very hard to
coordinate, and you've said that the landlord used to use both the
microwave and the fridge, so I doubt if those two alone will blow the
breaker. And if I were her, I would not have a lot of sympathy. I
would say, "Don't use the hairdryer when you use the microwave."
(I would think the microwave uses about the same during its entire
cycle.)
I used to have a 7 room, 3 bathroom, aparment with 3 roommates, 4 of
us total, and we got by on 20 amps for the whole place. One slo-blo
fuse in the basement. (And 2 15-amp slo-blo at the apartment.)
For a couple summers I even had a small window AC, and I was pretty
sure when the fridge and the AC went on at the same time, I would blow
the fuse. But I don't think I ever did.
And I had a big micorwave, but didn't have occasion to use it, and
wouldn't have, when the AC was on.
None of us guys used hair dryers, however.
>Is it reasonable that this keeps happening? The house is pretty old, but
>the kitchen is supposedly an addition. (Though it could still be not so
>new.)
>
>I'm not sure if the amps/circuit is too low, or if there aren't enough
>circuits, or whether that's an unreasonable load.
>
>There's also a washer/dryer in the kitchen, though that hasn't been on
>either time.
>
>TIA
>
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