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Default Switching GFCI devices



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We have a winner!! You can't put a single 15 amp outlet on a 20 amp
circuit, because the potential to overload it, and by the same logic, you
wouldn't put a 10 amp or 15 amp switch on a load greater than the switch
capacity, but you certainly can install a 15 amp switch on a bank of
lights that draws 10 amps, which is fed off of a 20 amp circuit.


Can we extend that logic to say that you can put a 15 amp switch on a "bank"
of 15 amp outlets?