[geeks] D'OH!
Joshua D Boyd
jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Thu Jan 31 23:57:15 CST 2002
On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:48:48AM -0500, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On February 1, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > You know, if you have the round screw-in breakers, you can just stick a
> > > penny in the socket... It will probably take more than 15A - for a
> > > while anyway... ;^)
> >
> > Who sets up 15A circuits anyway? I thought that 20 and 30 were standard
> > (depending on whether they are lights or sockets), with others used as needed.
>
> 15A and 20A are standard for houses in the US, more so 15A than 20A.
> I have *never* seen a 30A 110V circuit in a residence.
Well, I took a quick gander at our panel. Hmm. Seems to be mostly split
between 15s and 20s, although there are 2 30s and 2 50s. The 50s go to
seperate panels though, I think.
--
Joshua D. Boyd
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