[bcoates]

I think he said sharing a circuit with a fridge, which are generally 110 in the US -- i think this is how my apartment is wired (2-phase 30A to oven dedicated, one 20A for the whole rest of kitchen)

Trying to run a resistive heater on the same circuit as a fridge compressor without tripping leans towards very conservative wattage

[Scoundreller]

That's funny. Code in Ontario Canada is that the fridge needs to be on its own circuit. It's funny because we have an extra-big-ass inverter drive fridge that never draws more than an amp or two, even at startup because it's inherently soft-start.

Just a waste of copper and a beaker really.

[Johnny555]

>Just a waste of copper and a beaker really.

But also helps avoid the case where your coffee maker trips the breaker shared with your refrigerator and you don't notice until the food in the refrigerator is warm. (which was a risk in my previous apartment - the counter circuits were shared with the refrigerator). I think it makes sense to have it as a separate circuit.

[matt-attack]

Refrigerators have become incredibly efficient in the last 40 years. I mean incredibly.

It sounds like this law is outdated.