On Wed, 7 May 2008, Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer) wrote:
> 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.
At the other end of the spectrum, I did a video in a McMansion some years
ago and discovered that, in spite of the presence of not one but /two/
200A service panels in the basement, all of the outlets on the first
floor, save the ones in teh kitchen, were on a single 20A breaker.
>> 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.
IANALicensedElectricianNorCanadian, but it is my understanding that
Canada's building code requires some kitchen outlets to have dedicated 20A
circuits for each receptacle, meaning two circuits for a duplex outlet.
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