New power outlet question
I'd like to install a new power outlet to use primarily for my toaster oven. The only circuit that I can tie in to is the circuit that the water heater plugs in to. Are other outlets typically tied ...
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LVJJJ wrote:
I've always tied into the Microwave circuit for extra kitchen appliances like toaster and coffee maker. Since the MW dual outlet usually has the 2nd plug-in holes sealed over, I just drill out the plastic where the plug holes should be then plug in a power strip and run the cord down to under the upper cabinets so then I have several outlets to use. If too many appliances are plugged in so they trip the breaker, then just unplug one or two.
Long ago when I wired the houses I built, seems to me you could put 8 or 10 outlets on a 15 amp circuit with 14-2 wire. So I have added up to 3 new outlets on a cicuit that has just one, usually able to run wires under the dinette seats or inside cabinets.
Exactly the way it was in my trailer, except it really was a single plug outlet they had the M/Wave plugged into. I replaced it with a duplex outlet that I plugged a powerstrip into. Giving me, mostly hidden up under there, a place to plug the coffee pot in.
