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Originally Posted by rcipema
Thus in reality the ENTIRE circuit should have no more than 1440 watts on it. You can use that as a rough guideline, as it allows some leeway. If you really overload a circuit, the breaker will trip, but then again some breakers trip high, and some low. We are concerned about constant load. Unless you go really wild, you are usually fine.
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So my recomendation of no more than 1500 watts was good then
I just went throught this and had to add a second breaker to handel my tank, as the first breaker was also for my front room, which ran a second tank, a big screen tv, 2 computers, a dvd, vcr, digital cable box, 3 lights.. ect.. I was tripping once a day when my heater came on..... so remember to look at what else is run by that breaker as well and count there power also.
Steve
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