Most Americans want to electrify their homes — if they can keep their gas stoves - eviltoast
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    11 months ago

    A lot of places have code requirements that the microwave have its own breaker even though they’re almost all 120v; it’s because they use almost all the amps on the 120v circuit so you tend to trip the breaker if you have anything else big going on, like an electric kettle or a vacuum cleaner.