I don't think the distance had anything to do with the breaker
tripping. If it only happened once I would not sweat it.

I can't think of a scenario where a storm could trip an individual
breaker unless lightning directly hit something on the circuit.

A 5 amp load can cause that much drop over a long distance, but it is
within range. 12 gage wire on a 15 amp circuit gives you plenty of
breathing room.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:28:27 -0500, homebrewdude
wrote:

I really messed that up...

I ran 20 amp on another project.

My basement and garage were on the same breaker.
I ran wire to isolate the basement from the garage.
Now they are on their own 15 breaker.

The basement service with the fish tank is probably pulling 10 amp at
full load.
Fish tank, lights and TV



homebrewdude wrote:
12 gage



dpb wrote:
homebrewdude wrote:
...[top posting repaired]... Nate Nagel wrote:
hombrewdude wrote:
I have one of these Kill A Watt meters.

In the socket it is showing 120volts
I put a load on it, that is about 5 amps. I would not think the volts
should drop to 118?

Does this make sense?


is this a very long run?


Not really..

I ran 20 amp service about 50 feet

What size wire?

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