| My, my, my! Where to begin?
Well....
#1. You need to get an electrical permit before doing this type of work ESPECIALLY if you are not sure of what you are doing. With this an experienced electrician will look over the work to be sure it is installed to electrical codes, will be safe to use, and also will be something you can "live with" - that being the wiring will be designed at a minimum to not trip breakers because circuits are overloaded because too many things are on that circuit.
#2. If you don't know how to do something right, you can avoid a lot of problems by hiring an expert. Or first learning how to do it right and having an expert check your work to be sure it is OK.
#3. There are a lot of "electricity hogs" around a house and many of them are located in a kitchen. Modern electrical design is that you run new separate 12 gauge wires to these things and place them on their own 20 amp circuits. Then your circuits don't get overloaded. Things like the refrigerator, microwave, garbage disposal, dishwasher, washer, etc. Then there are counter top things in a kitchen which use a lot of electricity. These should be separate 20 amp GFCI circuits (more than one in my opinion) so you can run several power hogs like a deep fryer, hot plate, electric griddle, etc. (Things which get hot use a lot of electricity!)
#4. You are going to use these outlets and electricity everyday of your lives. Everything is torn apart now. So why not call an electrician and have separate wires/circuits run to the "power hogs" and do this right? I would think that your daily lives would be much more pleasant and stress free if everything worked properly and you didn't have breakers tripping frequently. And you had all the outlets you will ever need right where you need them.
It is not unusual for a new modern kitchen to have 8 different circuits to this and that!  |