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Old 03-02-2016, 09:15 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by WyrTwister View Post
You have a 2 pole 50 amp circuit breaker . You are allowed ( per NEC ) to load that to 80% for continuous duty . So you are correct , 40 amps .

This applies to almost everything .

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Wyr
And as per circuit breaker heat loading, unless you have some sort of cooling going on in your breaker panel, not that I've ever done anything so stupid . . .


At some point I'll get a Model S to plug in and run over everything with the Flir, but with the LEAF the only things that gets warm are the breaker and the contactor
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