
MacManNM
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mtrycrafts said:Not totally correct. Check your kitchen wiring. You need at least 2 circuits that are 20A rated, yes, the wire is 12ga because of it, but then check your outlets. Do you see one with a T slot on one side? I doubt it, so that is only a 15A outlet. I have 20A outlets though, I put it in.
The kitchen has the 20A circuit because of the loading you can put on one circuit, up to the limit of 20A.
So, you need the wire to match the breaker but not the outlets.
This depends on the state you live in. In all the ones I have seen, code will not allow you to put a 15 amp outlet on a 20 amp circuit. Unless it is multiple receptacles.
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