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pyrodice t1_it8ia58 wrote

Reply to comment by slashfromgunsnroses in Power outlets have a faint smell. by napstur

If the breaker is rated the same as the outlet, and the breaker trips, that is good. You don't want to start a fire in the outlet. You always want a circuit breaker to trip before excess heat is concentrated at another connection point.

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slashfromgunsnroses t1_it8im6z wrote

Exactly.

But the other guys slammed on me for stating this simple fact...

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pyrodice t1_it8k5o4 wrote

I think you should go back and see what you said and see if you misphrased something, then.

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slashfromgunsnroses t1_it8t0zo wrote

Im not sure what that would be - help me out. Think I was pretty clear in my first comment

> You need to change your breakers to 10 amps also, otherwise you risk unintentionally overloading the outlets/wires or whatever is the "bottleneck".

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