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I agree, but to my knowledge it's fully legal in most areas. I'm thankful I caught them putting my office on the same circuit and fixed it. One of my printers alone draws 13 amps while printing. I just wish I would've looked into the rest of the house when I found the office wiring.



If you had a known 13A load, why didn't you have a dedicated 15A branch circuit installed for it? Its uncommon but not prohibited in residential construction.


Wait what? What kind of printer do you have?


Probably one of those Xerox documentcenters. Printing is sort of a misnomer as it can also bind, staple, fold, envelope, sort and duplex.

When I used to work in prepress the printer we had was as long as a truck, used 480V, and had it's own fume hood to capture all the ozone it put out.




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