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joebedford
Nomad II
Sep 28, 2016

Full size breakers vs. tandem (double) breakers?

I was looking at my load center breaker panel to see where to put a couple of breakers dedicated to space heaters. I have a spare slot where I intend to put a tandem 15A breaker. I'm going to move a 1...
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joshuajim
Explorer II
Sep 28, 2016
Two issues. SOME panels will not accept tandem breakers. Second, a tandem breaker only attaches to one leg so both sides of the tandem are on the same leg not split.

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