We have a utility room in the middle of the house next to the kitchen. It has a cubby designed to put a freezer in it, but we have a cart with the microwave in that space.
Well, after 30 years I found out that the outlet in that cubby intended to support the freezer and now powering the microwave is shared with the utility outlets (two) in the original garage circuit. They are a long way way from each other, can't figure that one out.
Anyway I was using my little portable space heater to warm me working in the garage and my wife was cooking dinner, popped some frozen veggies in the microwave, hit start and walked out. Neither of us noticed for a while The heater was 1500 W and the microwave 1400 W and tripped the breaker in short time.
Fortunately it's not too cold too often in Houston, I don't often break out the heater when it is, I guess that's why I never noticed before.
Well, after 30 years I found out that the outlet in that cubby intended to support the freezer and now powering the microwave is shared with the utility outlets (two) in the original garage circuit. They are a long way way from each other, can't figure that one out.
Anyway I was using my little portable space heater to warm me working in the garage and my wife was cooking dinner, popped some frozen veggies in the microwave, hit start and walked out. Neither of us noticed for a while The heater was 1500 W and the microwave 1400 W and tripped the breaker in short time.
Fortunately it's not too cold too often in Houston, I don't often break out the heater when it is, I guess that's why I never noticed before.
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