"EXT" wrote in message
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I have 12 breakers for my kitchen and that doesn't count the oven nor the
cooktop.


Well obviously you have a larger kitchen than I do, but that doesn't matter
really. I take it NONE of you have the old 100A 12 slot breaker boxes -
otherwise the notion of having that many breakers is totally out of it.

Anyway, thanks all for the clarification, I learned something new today.

"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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I was talking to a friend about my projects around the home and we got on
the subject of re-wiring the kitchen. Something I'll have to do one of
these days.

Anyway, when we discussed it he mentioned something about having to have
separate breakers for certain appliances in order to meet code. He
mentioned the refrigerator, the microwave, the garbage disposal, the oven
(obviously).

Something in the back of my mind is thinking, the code restrictions can't
be that inane, to the point where you'd have to have at LEAST 4 breakers
just for the kitchen alone, and one of them will be a double pull. The
garbage disposal I can see, the oven is a cinch, but the microwave? The
refrigerator? These are not huge energy consumers.

Is my buddy out there in left field with this business of needing so many
specialized breakers to meet today's code?