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Originally Posted by minusonebit
You're not very bright, are you? The breakers for most central AC is usually two 30 AMPs, same with an electric furnace, same with a range. You could prolly plug 50 lamps into a 15 amp outlet and still not blow the breaker. You can run two 800 watt space heaters off one outlet and not blow the breaker.
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For those that are interested, divide the watt value of all the appliances on a circuit by the voltage in your area (120 in US, 230 or 240 in europe) and that will give you the maximum current on that circuit.
Then make sure your circuit breaker/fuse is rated
at least 20% more than that value.
As a general rule of thumb (remember it's a rule and can change if your wiring is very long)
For 1.5mm2 wires that pass through a wall, never pass more than 10A through them
For 2.5mm2 wires that pass through a wall, never pass more than 16A through them