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William Underhill

wrote:
On Jul 10, 8:25 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
The maximum load on a 20A circuit is... any guesses? ...wait for it... 20A.

Just to be anal, the maximum load on a 20A circuit can be far greater
than 20 amps, at least for a short period of time. According to the
Trip Curves on the Square D web site, their QO series of breakers can
handle a 2x load (or in this case, 40 amps) for just under 10 seconds
before tripping.

Hm. Now you've got me curious; have to go to Federal Pioneer and get the
Stab-Lok series data sheets. Wonder what the instantaneous trip rating is?

Yours aye,
W. Underhill

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