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Default Circuit Breaker Trip Amps

"Bill Kearney" wkearney-99@hot-mail-com wrote in
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I just increased it to a 25A breaker,


Which the circuit's wiring will still support, right?


You mean the #14 it's wired with may be too small?

Why is it, in a boat or car, it's ok to fuse or breaker #16 wire at 30A on
a 12V DC circuit, but not on the AC circuit? That has never ceased to
amaze me.... They melt the same.


Larry
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