PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

@Knute
@shakerhood

Treadmill is the biggest culprit at 12 amps...

Floor fan is the least likely offender at just 0.5 amps...

I might be reading the sump pump tag wrong, but it appears to say 9.7 amps...?!?!

Dehumidifier is not plugged in and hasn’t been for a while, but it is 115 volts...

 

Had a bit of trouble deciphering the stereo receiver that powers the surround sound...

 

Cable box says 12V/12W; Could not find data sheet for recumbent bike and TV info is inaccessible at the moment...

 

Sump pump tag that I may or may not have read correctly...

 

Downstairs furnace/indoor coil (upstairs furnace is located in attic); Furnace definitely has it’s own switch, but the Aprilaire humidifier may be on the basement circuit...

 

The list of items on the circuit in question keeps changing. Might be best to hire an electrician.

 

On another note, it’s common knowledge among HVAC nuts like myself that a single central A/C unit requires two switches; The 25 amp switches are for the main floor unit, which is a 2.5-ton, and the 15 amp switches are for the 2-ton 2nd floor unit...




But for some reason I thought the gas furnaces required two switches as well...?

 

Not really; Dehumidifier has not been used for months; Only real addition is sump pump but that rarely turns on...

99% sure Aprilaire is hardwired directly into furnace, which I know for a fact as it’s own circuit.

 

I thought an angel got it’s wings...

 

You just added recumbent bike.

 

Okay, so this is the list of confirmed items on basement/outdoor GFCI...

• Wireless Internet router
• Cable box
• Treadmill
• Recumbent bike
• Sump pump
• 61” Samsung TV
• Sony receiver with Bose surround speakers
• 16” floor fan
• Christmas lights

 

There are two resettable master outlets on the basement/outside circuit...

 

And yes, I realize my house has Goodshit HVAC equipment; The twin homes by the same builder in the neighborhood across the street have rebranded Carrier products built by the same company that owns Carrier; I was pissed when I saw that our house had Goodman!

 

I’m actually in the powder room right now and the treadmill is causing the lights to pulse...

 

those are made in clackamas Oregon. About 30 mins from my house

 

Any good?

 

15 gfci is prob on edge of overload then when the lights get plugged its over the 15 amp

 

So it sounds like the answer is to give the treadmill it’s own circuit, and there’s not actually anything wrong with this house...

 

Yes

 

The pulsing/flickering would be a concern more than the gfci