Tracing what is on a circuit?

ostinoh

Thank you to everyone who posted. This some great info for me work from.

ostinoh

Thank you again for all the responses. This past weekend I started tracing everything the was plugged into my circuits.

I did have a question about a 2 15 Amp Single Pole Tandem Breaker. I have two of these and found that most of my house is is on these breakers. How do these work? Do they act as a 20 AMP circuit? The 15 amp switches can be turned off one at time and are not connected.

Thoughts?

Thanks,
David

SD515

They act as 2 independent 15A breakers, but only occupy one breaker space in the panel. They are not the same as a 2-pole breaker, which must occupy two adjacent spaces in the panel. The do not act as a 20A circuit (to answer your question).

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Kyle

Just because you can, doesn't always mean you should

rjniles

If you have a wall switch that controls a receptacle, I would take the feed to the fan off that receptacle. The problem with having a fan with only a remote is that if the remote battery dies or is lost, you resort to the pull chains on the fan (which I usually cut short when I install a remote).

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