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Thanks everyone. Although replacing the breaker would have been easier, what I ended up doing was tearing out and replacing the 14 ga wiring and replacing it with 12. I went along with Cool Joe's observation "what better time than during a remodel?" My reasoning was that most of the wiring...

Doh. I was so worried about the huge job of possibly tearing out wire that I didn't think of the obvious solution of just putting in a 15 AMP breaker. I would hope that anyone in the future who saw a 12 AWG wire inserted in a 15AMP breaker would check what was on the circuit before changing...

Hi, Im a newbie, but I'll save introducing myself till I get home (I'm writing from work). I know my subject line sounds scary, but here is the whole story - My mother's house has a history of do-it-yourself amateur home improvements by a variety of neighbors, relatives, and yes, me. As...