Elec info needed 20A circuits

Charles Bishop · 2005-01-18T01:30:08+00:00

I was working in the kitchen, replacing the outlets near the sink withGFCIs. When I went out to turn the breaker off, I found out that thebreaker that turned off the five outlets was two 20A breakers that hadbeen connected in the panel as if they were a 20A 240 V circuit. When Idisconnected the two of them, I found that one breaker controled theoutlets on the left hand side of the sink (2 outlets on the counter, onefor the refigerator and one for the microwave) while the other breakercontrolled 3 outlets on the right side of the sink.What's the reason for connecting the two breakers together in the breakerbox? If there is a short in one of the outlets on the right hand side,will both breakers together trip as easily as the one would by itself?charles

Jan 18, 2005 20 Replies

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All the wires are run with # 12-no ground cloth Romex from the 15 amp breaker to the 60 amp breaker. The owner use a 1,000 foot roll of #12-No ground cloth romex to wire it with when he built it in 1954 and still has another 1,000 foot to use as replacement wire when a wires burn . He only has about a 100 foot of the

1,000 ft. roll left to use up. I like the 2- 24,000 btu window units on 1 # 12 wire circuit with a 60 amp breaker. He does not understand the connection on all the wires and plugs burning off from time to time. When both are running in the summer the wire is hot as hell but will not burn up or off but just the plugs and connection will burn off.

Well he has two new circuits run with new type Romex 12-2 with ground for the 2 of the beer coolers he has for my electricial would not use his cloth no ground wire-- wire. These beer coolers only need 10 amps R.L.A. and 12 does good on 20 feet runs. I sub out electric work like this and I try to stay just HVAC/R .

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