|
I had never heard the part about 80% before. Does this mean that a breaker is set to trip at 80% of it's rated load? If so, then that means that a 20 amp breaker should trip at 16 amps. So, does that then say that the max amps that a 20 amp breaker would allow on the circuit would be 16 amps? If this is true, then it indicates that a 20 amp breaker on a 14 gauge wire would trip at 1 amp over the wire rating. Not wanting to argue, just trying to understand the mechanics here. Thanks for your info on this problem David.
Oh, jimcol, I did run the compressor on another 20 amp circuit and it ran OK.
|