On Wed, 07 May 2008 21:59:19 -0400, Mikko Peltoniemi
<mikkopel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Actually, if I were to redo the wiring, I wonder if you could ask
> a separate run for each outlet. Just like I would ask a separate
> run for each water faucet, toilet etc. Which is how I've seen it
> done in new constructions.
I don't think you've seen a lot of it done in new construction. I
have five 20-amp dedicated circuits in this house, three standard and
two that I added. Those two were surprisingly expensive, like
$350-plus each, not counting the extra breaker box we ended up having
to get, too (I put a lot of can lights in, as well as extra j-boxes
and receptacles, so I added a fair number of non-dedicated circuits).
"Ask" means "pay" here. It gets real expensive real quick.
> Might cost a little extra, but then again, it would prevent a lot
> of problems.
Not a little extra, a lot. With the extra circuits, receptacles,
CFCIs, can lights, j-boxes, dimmers, breakers, and board, we ended up
paying a bunch. I think it was over $10,000. And we only added two
dedicated circuits. I shudder to think how much it would have cost to
put every receptacle on a dedicated circuit. I'm assuming that you
don't mean each outlet, but each box. Otherwise you'd need two
circuits for a standard duplex box and four for a quad box.
On the other hand, you'd save big-time on insulation because you'd
have the entire side of your house covered with breaker boxes.
Mary "The empress of quad boxes and can lights"
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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote re****ts about it.
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or miliff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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