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In Reply to: RE: Circuit flow goes like this.... posted by dcuhl on June 16, 2014 at 09:41:41:
I am not an electrician, but was a contractor and wired many homes and am friends with many electricians. An electrician would never put a 15 amp breaker on a circuit that used 12 ga. wire. How do you know it is 12 ga wire throughout the circuit? True 20 amp receptacles are rare. They use a t shaped hot prong. The ONLY difference going up in breaker size would do is prevent breaker tripping. It is not against the law to put an oversize breaker on a circuit, but if you have a fire and make an insurance claim, be sure they will inspect things and they will find out if you had an appropriate sized breaker. It makes no difference if you curve the wire or not. My advice is don't mess with it...
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- why mess with it at all? - cloudwalker 00:46:31 06/18/14 (1)
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