Re:San Francisco Is Requiring Solar Panels on All New Buildings
by extrapickles on Friday April 22, 2016 @04:43PM
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Having multiple outlets on the same breaker is fine as the house wiring will work fine with the trip current of the breaker, and it even might get inspected during installation to make sure it was sized correctly (this varies highly by location and the amount of change/new construction).
The cheap non-fused extension cord someone is using for both their microwave and toaster oven typically cannot safely handle the over current until the breaker trips like the house wiring can.
Edit to add - just checked my breaker box. It looks like the disposal and the dish washer each have a 20 amp breaker and the rest of the kitchen is on a 3rd 20 amp breaker, presumably along with the refrigerator. It's an old house though, CA code is probably pretty strict on the breakers.