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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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CJW8
Explorer
Sep 28, 2016
Just install your tandem breaker but don't put your two heater circuits on it. Move other loads around so that it will be more balanced. It will never be perfectly balanced. Your microwave and coffee maker only run for a brief period of time.

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