Thread: Size of dedicated branch circuit
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Old 05-18-2008, 11:37 AM
Wendell Swedberg Wendell Swedberg is offline
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Re: Size of dedicated branch circuit
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Originally Posted by Brandon Chew View Post
The key info is dedicated branch circuit. This kicks you into §RE3602.12.1. You need to take your 12.6 and divide by 0.80 giving 15.74 amps. Then round it up to 20.

Brandon,

Why are you dividing by 0.80? Is it not a multiplication factor, percent of?

(1512VA/120v)*.8 = 10 Amps?

I guess I'm confused on the formula.

W
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