kitchen eletrical problem?
I have a two switch system in place to my 6 standard lightsockets. The lights are wired into the breaker box on a 15 amp switch heres where it gets tricky...the 15 amp switch that its connected to also goes to my living room/bedroom so i have a tv sat box and a heater plus all my alarm clocks and cell phone chargers it just seems an afwal lot of power on a 15 amp. I know that there is power going to my kitchen sockets cuz i broke a lightbulb in one and when i tried to get it out it sparked. Any Ideas is very helpful.
Update:My Bad guys sorry. My kitchen lights will not turn on no matter how many times i flip the switch
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What's the question here?
It sounds like you have either tripped a breaker or tripped out a GFCI outlet, the square one's with a test/rest button on the face of it. Hope this helps
P.S Most heaters pull 1500 watts that equals out to 12.5 amps almost the max you can have on one 15amp circuit by it's self I'd recommend not using the heater or having a circuit added for it
so what do you need help on?
That is alot on one circuit... especially the heater. Are you sure the lights and the outlets are on the same circuit?
I usually see the lights are on one circuit and the receptacles on another so that your lights dont dim when your heater cycles on and off.