Comment by trollbridge
1 hour ago
1,800 watt for periods less then 3 hours and 1,440 watts for continuous loads over 3 hours.
Realistically, a 15A breaker won’t trip on a 2,300 watt load for at least a few minutes, and often not until a few hours. A listed breaker is expected to trip in several seconds to 3 minutes for a 3,600 watt continuous load.
Take all those numbers and go up by 33% for a house or apartment with 20A circuits (quite common). Go up by 667% for an oven plug.
As anyone who takes care of rentals during winter knows, a typical circuit can tolerate two 1,500 W space heaters without tripping very much (although this is unsafe and a bad idea).
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