Different types of circuit breakers and how to lock them out

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You can combine branch circuits and then feed both of them from a jumper to a single breaker You now have a spare breaker slot If you do not

Double-pole breakers are double-wide breakers that take up two slots in the breaker box They have a toggle switch that's twice the length of You can certainly use a 2-pole breaker If it is larger than 20amps please use the correct gauge of wire to hook into Tandem breakers are on the same phase so

insteek slot 2) If the panel is maxed out, you may be able to install tandem breakers in a few slots Look at the panel label or remove some bottom breakers A tandem breaker fits two individual breakers into the size of one That allows you to add new breakers when your breaker box doesn't have any new slots