Do I need a dedicated circuit for this oven? All my major appliance's currently have dedicated circuits, including the Microwave. I have plenty of standard outlets and counter space. null

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tarheel · Accepted Answer

This oven is 1800 watts. At 1800 watts, the current required for a 120 V circuit would be 15 amps. Recommended that on a circuit no more than 80% of a circuit should be utilized. So.... 20 amp circuit x 0.8 = 16 amps. You need a circuit with probably 20 amps. Now other things can be used on the circuit but not necessarily all at the same time. Hope this helps.

Answered by tarheel 7 years ago

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Rich · Answer

It’s best that an appliance of this current drawing capacity be connected to an outlet on its own branch circuit. We have this oven and I didn’t realize until today that when the electrician wired our remodeled kitchen, he wired the outlet used for our Breville to the same circuit as the outlet used by our Cuisinart coffee maker. 
Simple math will providethe answer. Ours was wired to a 20 amp breaker, meaning that maximum current permitted on that circuit is 20 amperes. The Breville 800xl draws 15 amps when running on high (toasting or heating up initially). That leaves 5 amps to spare before the circuit is overloaded. Our coffee maker draws 9 amps, so running the two as we did today simultaneously, resulted in a 4 amp overload, and the circuit breaker tripped. It hadn’t happened before as we most often make coffee when first waking and then make toast or bake, later in the am. Small appliances like a hand mixer or small food chopper are ok because they typically draw only a few amps. Hope this helps.

HBJSP · Answer

No, you do not need a dedicated circuit.

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I need a designated circuit for my oven. My Breville kept turning off when I plugged it into a single appliance extension cord.

NancyS · Answer

I do not have this on a dedicated surface. In fact, it runs off the same outlet as my can opener. No issues. Love this appliance!

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