If you put 20 amps on a 15-amp circuit, you'll trip the breaker. It's also unsafe. If your circuit is 20 amps, you can ...

wire and a 20A breaker and receptacle. If you have a 15A breaker, follow #2. I have a 30 amp UPS on a 15 amp (might have a 20 amp breaker) circuit. Been this way for about 4 years. Gandalf007[/url ...

Breaker-panel literacy isn't only for voltage ... Uses the entire 240 volts available to the panel. The 15-amp and 20-amp breakers often handle baseboard heaters, 30-amp serve water heaters ...

There's another link in the chain between the power company and your devices, though -- the circuit breaker ... most wall sockets will have 15- or 20-amp breakers, while large appliances like ...

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