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15A vs 20A breaker
Those of you who have pulled the breaker panel, have you noticed whether there really is a different wire size leading to the 20A breakers than there is on the 15A breaker?
When we're running electric heaters we tend to pop the 15A breaker on the kitchen circuit. I notice other circuits have 20A breakers, like the living room circuit (which I think also operates the ceiling fan).
If the wiring is the same then the only difference would be the breaker size, right? In that case I could swap out the 15A breaker for a 20A breaker without causing potential problems, right? I'd first have to confirm that our wiring is indeed the same as the living room circuit.
If the wiring on the kitchen circuit is a smaller size than for the living room circuit then I'd naturally not swap the breaker.
Anybody know about this?
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