LittleTree
GC/Furniture Maker/Electrical Hobbyist
Hello all. Doing a complete remodel on an old historic home in Portland, OR and have garnered much info from this website in the past just by reading the forums. Well, the time has come to post my first thread. I am re-wiring all the electrical (as the homeowner of course) in this home and have gotten to the point of receptacles. I was going to run each room (take kitchen/baths/laundry out of the equation...understand the rules on those) separately on 20 amp circuits. That would mean 6, 20 amp circuits, 1 for each room. I spoke with an electrician friend and he said that was overkill and that I could run say 2 rooms each on one 20 amp circuit bringing me down to 3 or 4, 20 amp circuits. My question is, would it be acceptable or even better to run 15 amp circuits in each room instead? (back to 6 circuits but at 15 amps). It's seems to be a lot easier to work with and stuff 14-2 into a box than 12-2. All of this is just for common use of course. On top of that I will dedicate 20 amp circuits to computer/printer/TV/entertainment etc... centers. Would appreciate any info on this matter.