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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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Stefonius
Explorer
Sep 28, 2016
westend wrote:
Joe,
Do exactly like you planned. You have been dutifully scolded and probably by users that don't have 50 amp service.
Woof. I have an F450 and a 15,000 lb fifth wheel trailer. You'd think by now I'd instantly recognize the difference between "tandem" and "dual".

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