How Many Lights on a 15A Circuit Breaker? Calculate Wattage for 15 Amp Circuit & Number of Fixtures
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Published 2016-05-27
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This is a basic guide for calculating the number of lights you can have on a single circuit.
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0:00 - How Many Lights On A Breaker Intro
0:19 - Formula To Find Watts
1:00 - Maximum Continuous Circuit Load
1:32 - How Many Lights On 15A Breaker?
2:26 - What If They Were LEDs?
3:02 - Why Not To Use A Single Breaker
4:05 - SUBSCRIBE!!!
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All Comments (21)
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I've been an electrician for 6 years now and this guy has solid knowledge, and excellent teaching qualities. I always recommend my coworkers to these types of videos to help learn the more in depth side of electrical distribution and code. Keep up the great work man!
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4 years later we still watching your video 2020. Thank you!!!
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Ben, thank you for your videos. The first thing I notice and like about your videos is the style of electrical work you display, very clean, very ordered, very professional; even though 99.9% of it will be hidden from view after the finish work. Secondly, I like the time you take in explaining the point, or lesson, you set out to show in your videos. Very impressive. Very Professional.
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I love to see young people with brains and using it. God bless you young man keep up the good work!
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This video was articulated surprisingly well. Btw, another reason why you wanna have separate breakers is for troubleshooting different floor levels. Plus, depending on your region’s code you might have a limit on how many light fixtures you can put on it.
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When I was taught that calculation (in stagecraft class, for figuring cabling and dimmer loads), we called it the West Virginia formula. West Virginia The abbreviation for the state, before two-letter postal abbreviations, was W.Va W VA W = V times A. Easy little memory tool for remembering.
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thank you for the video, good explanation, be trying to find something like this.
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Hey Ben, Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Youtube channels like yours have given me the courage to take on many DIY projects. Cheers.
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Thanks Ben for breaking this down in a way I can understand
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Good information bro for the novice. I like how you've spelled it out.
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TANK YOU, THANK YOU. IM 65 YEARS OLD AND I'M LEARNING FROM YOU.
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Best and easiest explanation!!! Appreciate the math and the "dumbing" down for us non electricians. Now I know for sure I can add 3 LED's in my garage to my existing 2 light circuit which is 15 amps.
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Dude this is the best explanation I've seen on YouTube so far... thanks for helping us newbies
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Every time I watch one of your videos, I learn so much! I am a public school teacher and I can honestly say that you are a true teacher!
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I switched my entire house to LED several years ago. Big saving. Your tutorials are always informative. Keep them coming.
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So far the best simple explanation I've watched. Thanks. Hope u have more videos!
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Thank you for this clear, easy and straight to the point video !! Safety is extremely important and you gave us all the main tips... Awesome starter video on this topic...
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very straightforward and easy to understand - thank you!
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excellent video kid thank you for sharing love your vid's home to see some more coming!!!!
