It was good to see in a previous post that ring circuits are legal under the NEC. As a Brit living here we moved into a 1970's house, had an electrical survey which said it was all OK then was stunned to find that when the kettle was plugged in and the microwave turned on (on the other side of the room) the breaker tripped. I was more stunned to find the wiring was all Aluminium!
Now back in the UK when I built a large kitchen and worked with the electrician to wire it we had one ring circuit into which the fridge, microwave, kettle and all other work top devices plugged. We had over 8 double sockets on this circuit. The only separate circuits were one for the range and another for the lights. We never had a circuit trip in 12 years. I know we were on 230vac so the amperage was half but even so.
We did get the electrical company who supposedly survey to tail all our circuits with copper tails in Alu>Copper connectors free of charge.
I am now extending the kitchen and installing separate radial circuits for fridge & microwave sounds OK the issue is then if we want to put the fridge somewhere else? or the microwave? Does not give much flexibility. I would like to put in a ring on 10/2awg. It is 10ftx20ft in area.
What do you think?
Now back in the UK when I built a large kitchen and worked with the electrician to wire it we had one ring circuit into which the fridge, microwave, kettle and all other work top devices plugged. We had over 8 double sockets on this circuit. The only separate circuits were one for the range and another for the lights. We never had a circuit trip in 12 years. I know we were on 230vac so the amperage was half but even so.
We did get the electrical company who supposedly survey to tail all our circuits with copper tails in Alu>Copper connectors free of charge.
I am now extending the kitchen and installing separate radial circuits for fridge & microwave sounds OK the issue is then if we want to put the fridge somewhere else? or the microwave? Does not give much flexibility. I would like to put in a ring on 10/2awg. It is 10ftx20ft in area.
What do you think?