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Duplex receptacle circuit given 15 amp breaker 225 amp load?
A 225 amp load will physically not be able to tie into a 15 amp breaker and a duplex receptacle as you can not get a 3/0 wire under the breaker and receptacle terminal screws.
Can you tie-in 12 gauge with another 12 awg wire?
Yes but there are two stipulations, one that the join or splice must be made in a junction box that is accessible and has a removable cover and the second stipulation is that the breaker that is supplying the power can not be larger that the smallest conductor. In this case no breaker larger that a 20 amp breaker as #12 wire is only rated at 20 amps.
How do you replace a 15 amp breaker in the circuit box?
The breaker will have a black wire connected to it. Turn off the main breaker and then disconnect that black wire from the breaker. The breaker will snap into the main bar. Remove the breaker and install the new one. Reconnect the black wire to the breaker and then install the cover and turn the main breaker back on.
Is the amperage of a breaker for total amps combined or on each leg?
The breaker will trip at the amperage notated on the breaker. If it's 100A...it will trip at or around 100A. It does not matter if that breaker is physically tied to another 100A breaker. To understand this, imagine that you remove the mechanical tie from the two-pole breaker. Now you just have two 100A breakers. In actuality, you always had two 100A breakers. The mechanical tie does not change that. If you then powered two, separate 120 volt devices from the two breakers, each breaker would allow 100 amperes to pass to each of the devices before tripping. So why are they tied together? That is done when the two-pole breaker is to be used to power a 240 volt circuit. In AC current, electricity flows in both directions. In a 120 volt circuit, it flows "out" toward the device via the hot (generally the black wire) and "back" via the neutral (generally the white wire). Then the cycle reverses. It does this 60 times per second (60Hz). The amperage in the hot and neutral wires are the same (in the perfect world). Only the hot wire is connected to the breaker. In a 240 volt circuit, there is no neutral wire. You are using two "legs" of 120 volts each that are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. In other words, as leg 1 is flowing "out", leg 2 is flowing "back". Because they are out of phase, the potential difference is twice the voltage of each line or 240 volts. The current flows out and back at the same 60 Hz but this time via the two hot wires (generally black and red). Each of these hot wires are connected to the two terminals of the two-pole breaker. Due to mechanical tolerances, one breaker will most likely trip before the other. Therefore, if the rated current, (100 amps), is exceeded on either breaker, that breaker will trip and the other breaker will trip via the mechanical tie. This ensures that all power to the outlet is disconnected. If you removed the tie and only one breaker tripped, there would still be 120 volts connected to the outlet. In summary, each leg of a single, double (2 phase) or triple (3 phase) breaker is capable of allowing the amount of current denoted on the breaker. The connected circuit, regardless of voltage is protected from exceeding that amperage.
Can you tie new dryer wire into old wire?
Yes, as long as the splice is made in a junction box that can have a cover attached to it and it must be accessable. This means its not to be covered with drywall. The wire must also be of the correct size and conductor count. For a dryer it is a 3 conductor #10 wire. The breaker size at the breaker panel is a two pole 30 amp.
Why does soccer have overtime?
Tie breaker
The probability that a tennis set will go to a tie breaker is 10 percent what is the probability that two of the three sets will go to a tie breaker?
The outcomes for each set is not independent. For a set to go into a tie breaker the players need to be very evenly matched. If they are, there is a greater probability that the sets will go into tie breaker. If you disregard that aspect of realitythen the answer is 0.0270, approx.
Is tie breaker really a candy bar?
No
What was the score of the Minnesota and Chicago tie breaker?
Chicago won the tie breaker game for the 2008 AL Central Division championship by the score of 1-0.
When does a tie-breaker occer?
at the end of a game when the game is tied
What if the teams remain tied after the tie breaker in soccer?
Tie games are usually decided by penalty kick shootouts.
Identify one power of the vice president?
First would be to succeeded the President if he becomes unable to serve out his term. Also serves as president of the senate, he may vote if a tie breaker needs to be broken
What is played if the score at the end of a tennis set is tied?
a tie breaker!
What about a point system in a triple tie breaker in a volleyball game?
three teams have 1loss and 1 win ,how to do computation for triple tie breaker quotient system
Did India win the first T20 world cup over a tie breaker?
no
When is the international tie breaker started?
After tine has ran out and u are still tied.
When was the last MLB regular season tie?
In 2009 the Minnesota Twins and the Detroit Tigers played a tie breaker which the Twins won.
