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How many watts can be running on a 20 amp household circuit?

I have a microwave (1600w) toaster oven (1200W) and coffee machine (1000w) each plugged into an outlet different but all in the same circuit. It is possible that they all run at the same time, for a few minutes. I tried it and not the circuit breaker. But is this total 3800w too? If you divide by 120v 3800w get 32 amps, but I'm not sure this is a correct calculation of power CA.

A switch 20 A 2400W only be carried continuously. But we only charge size for the circuit run continuously 80% or 1920W. However, most of the switches does not fire instantly when they arrive at 20A. Most are breaker. This means that for an error as low in 30 or 40 amps the breaker thermal entry into force and, finally, the switch trips due to heat. If a hard failure of a few hundred amperes is produced magnetic portion of the circuit breaker trips instantly. switches are configured in this way to allow momentary overloads and to allow boot motor. When motors start extracting about 6 times more current as they do when run. If you have an engine that ran at 12 A would run well on a switch 20A. But if it was a momentary switch as soon as you tried to start the engine burst would be around 72A and the switch from that trip. A circuit breaker do very well and let the engine start. Part of my job as an electrical engineer involves the selection of the overcurrent device to adequately protect the right to equipment. One of the things you should do is to properly coordinate the protection switch on your computer to switch thats protection of the entire panel and then coordinate the power switch on the panel then coordinate with the power switch of the substation and again and again back to the generators. To do manufacturers put available to the switch (and fuse) tripping curves showing the time-current characteristic of a switch. After obtaining all the curves must be selected the appropriate configuration that protects the computer and not stumble out of things earlier in the chain. Here is an example of a current-time curve for a switch. http://www.dotznize.com/electric/images_a/cb_curve.gif This is probably not the curve that uses the switch, but will give you an idea of what is happening. If your career 32A 20A breaker operation 160% the limit switches and the use of this curve you can see this trip switch in less than a minute. His curve switches can be a little different and allow for 32A run for a longer amount of time before shooting. You may also be running in 32A and voltage variations affect the power output and current. At the end of its really nothing to worry about. All appliances should not be on the same circuit and the circuit is overloaded, but certainly nothing wrong with your switch. The switch is working as it should. Hope this helps!

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