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- From: gt@fc.sde.hp.com (George Tatge)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: adding a range hood, which circuit ?
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 19:28:10 GMT
- Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
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- Paul Barton-Davis (pauld@cs.washington.edu) wrote:
- : My quick guide to the NEC tells me that
- : a range hood cannot be wired on the same
- : circuit as general lighting, but can be
- : on a small appliance circuit.
- :
- : If so, what would be I violating by plugging
- : a range hood outlet into an existing socket
- : that was on a general lighting circuit ?
- : Common Sense ? Anything ?
- :
-
- First, are you sure it is not an SAC? If it is by the stove
- it probably is (in a newer house).
-
- Assuming you're not concerned about code violations of this
- sort, all you would want to do is determine what all is on
- this circuit, add up the worse case amp load with everything
- on and throw in ten percent. Now make sure you're under the
- breaker amperage. If you have a situation where you will never
- have everything on then leave something out. My experience tells
- me that at some time or another, just about everything can be
- on simultaneously. Disclaimer: this is the common sense approach
- and NOT the code approach!
-
- gt
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