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Yes you're right BUT

Posted by bartc (A) on August 6, 2007 at 14:53:10

In Reply to: But Bart.... posted by JB on August 6, 2007 at 12:46:28:

Since his original message sounded as though he were a neophyte with regard to AC, I wouldn't assume that he'd recognize the difference if someone gave him a 20 amp unit to try out. (Not criticizing him, just being protective.)

You also don't know what someone else in the house might do, for instance a contractor on premises, with a 20 amp outlet sitting there ready to accept a 20 amp plug.

You also cannot assume that an unrelated insurance event might not trigger an insurance audit with untoward consequences for him.

Maybe I'm just overly cautious by nature. Yet I see posts here frequently from the EEs and electricians more remonstrative than mine about such issues.

Please remember that we dole out advice rather freely here without worrying about what the person on the other end actually knows and will do with it!

Were it my response to him I'd have said, "Provided that your house circuitry is 20 amp, which is what the code requires to use a 20 amp outlet like the R-1......." Obviously, with all the 15 amp outlets we've been discussing it's an unnecessary statement. The R-1 happens not to be your ordinary household outlet in that regard, not just in its sonic character. So why not be safer rather than sorrier ....?

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