Shall I Use 15A or 20A Receptacles on a 20A circuit per 2023 NEC 210.21(B) ?
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I am a DIYer and went to commercial only grade receptacles several years ago. After seeing the difference in quality the price difference made it an easy decision to go with commercial grade.
The breaker size are only as good as the wire size. If 14 gauge wire is being used. It doesn't do any good to put in 20 amp receptacles and 20 amp breakers, unless you don't care about your house burning down.
So I teach a a local state run trade school, we had a new campus built in another location, and we had to go there the other day to help them wire up a trainer, and they were like hey, these receptacles were leftovers, you want em? They are all 15a 3 prong locking LOL. So I told my coworker, lets change all our receptacles to these, and all our power tools and extension cords to em. That'll keep the welding shop from running off with our stuff!!! LOL!
Thanks for posting the references! NEC being paid for by our tax dollars should not have paywalled downloads. If that issue gets air time on KZread perhaps that will change, but currently it's absurd for a public law CRITICAL TO SAFETY to have its dissemination so restricted. (Reading it online without a search function is a deliberately awkward imposition.)
This is a second video about 15 amp receptacle on a 20 amp branch. I found your video interesting in that you are assuming most of the branch circuits are 20amp. Does this not cost more in wiring? There may be special applications where 20 amp(12 gauge) circuits are used everywhere. It seems to be playing with fire having 15 amp sockets on a 20 amp line. Pun intended. I jumped up and checked my circuit panel. I had mostly 15 amp breakers and 14 gauge wire on my lighting and appliance branches. Sorry this makes more sense and is more idiot resistant.
First sf all ,it depends on the thickness of the incoming wire of the socket. The maximum load of 4 square millimeter copper wire is 8KW. A=KW/110V, Add up the power of all the electrical appliancesthat will be used on this socket , and use the previous formula to calculate. you can get the maximum ampere usage of your socket, and multiply the mumber youcalculated by 1.5 times, which is the safe current you neeed to buy amperrage.
Sparky, you are making good decisions. Kitchens are a likely area that may have a heavier load. Good explanation as usual.
You're wrong if you put two of the same outlets from the same brand of 15 and 20 next to each other and take them apart and measure the gauge of metal through the same thickness of metal
A bit misleading of a title - only Article 100's receptacle definition to include "or for the direct connection of electrical utilization equipment designed to mate with the corresponding contact device" verbiage is new.
On 15A vs 20A, the default/obvious choice is match the receptacle to the circuit amperage. Reasons to put 15A rcpt on 20A circuit could be matching an existing look, some people/businesses feel the 20A ones look too industrial so don't like that styling, or saving a small amount of cost. An actual NEMA 5-20 plugged device is extremely rare in residential settings, though. I've seen on higher end houses now, many like having the 20A rcpt throughout feeling it shows that it was built well / heavy duty.
Thank you for presenting clarity on the outlet applications Backyard Sparky.
Thank you sparky! In charging my new generator it said use at least a 16A outport. Not knowing anything about that, this video taught me everything, I needed to know. Because of you! Thx!!
Thanks, Bill! You provided some very helpful information - as always!
Great notes . Thank you, Sparky.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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Great video.
My brother’s house in Florida had issues with the 20 amp GFCIs in the bathroom. I was impressed that the contractor had bothered to upgrade the circuits during a remodel. That is until I went to the panel to turn off the breaker and found it was a 15 amp breaker and the wire was 14 gauge also. 😬 Changed them out to 15 amp spec grade and only the first receptacle is now a GFCI.
I hope you have apprentices with you as you are the kind of teacher that is needed to keep the field growing and moving in the right direction, you explain with good clarity. Also you are not saying I know this and listen you are pulling from the code and showing exactly why it is what it is. I have watched many of your videos and I am happy to see you are getting better and better at the teaching.