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Default How Dangerous?

T.J. wrote:

So my question is How Dangerous is this that he installed a 30amp
breaker where a 20amp breaker came out of?


Assuming the wires were sized for 20A, if something went wrong and 30A
was drawn from the circuit the wires could heat up and potentially cause
a fire.

Chris