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    "(PeteCresswell)"  wrote:   
      
   > Just had a cutover switch installed, but it only supports six   
   > circuits and I actually have 9 that I'd like to have power to   
   > when running a gennie.   
   >   
   > The three combined circuits would be a couple of bedrooms and a   
   > bathroom.  i.e. expected use would be just a few electric lights   
   > and a couple of radios.   
   >   
   > Seems like two breakers will now become unused and all 3 circuits   
   > will be running off of a single 15-amp breaker - which, in turn,   
   > would be served by one circuit from the generator transfer   
   > switch.   
   >   
   > Not knowing anything about electrical stuff, I'm wondering what   
   > the downside exposure is here.   
   >   
   > My hope would be that putting a 20-amp fuse in the transfer   
   > switch's circuit (which is allowed per the maker's specs) would   
   > make it so if, for instance, somebody plugged an electric heater   
   > into a bathroom outlet, the breaker in the breaker box would trip   
   > and that would be the end of the problem.   
   >   
   > What I'm worried about is maybe a wire melting somewhere - which   
   > seems tb a really dangerous situation.   
   >   
   > Other considerations?   
   >   
   > Code violations?   
      
   GE, SquareD, and Cutler/Hammer ALL make double Breaker Modules that   
   have TWO Breakers in a single Breaker Form Factor. Usually these are   
   15Amp Duals.... Just Say'en..... That would double your available   
   individual Breaker circuits, and they are ALL UL Approved, so No Code   
   Violations.....   
      
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