How many lights can I put on an existing circuit breaker?

We are replacing our fluorescent kitchen lighting with halogen track lights. We currently have 160 watts (4 x 40 watt fluorescent). How do I know the max watts when we replace? We have standard 120v circuit box. We would like to put in 12 x 50 watt halogens (6 on each side).Will this blow our circuit?

That depends on your breaker, wire size and other lights that might be on the circuit. If you have 12/2 wire and a 20 amp breaker, you can go up to 1920 watts. I would think that you would be fine adding roughly 700 watts. You will need a 1000 WATT LUTRON DIMMER CONTROL.

Labels: Florescent Kitchen Lighting, Halogen Track Lighting, Lutron Dimmer Control

posted by xinger @ 8:44 PM