SavvyCat
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I know for a fact I should not put a 15 amp switch on a 20 amp circuit. But is there anything nasty that will happen by putting a 20 amp switch on a 15 amp circuit?
I am replacing light switches and I bought 20 amp because that's what all the lights in my last house were on. Thought the same was true in the new house, and it was with the first switch. But when I opened up the next two, they were just 15 amps. I installed the 20 amps I had already bought. I peeked in the next one before I bought more, and it's 20. I haven't found any rhyme or reason for the mixed switches, and I really don't want to go around opening up all the outlets, counting them up, closing them, and opening them again if it makes no difference.
Thoughts?
SC
I am replacing light switches and I bought 20 amp because that's what all the lights in my last house were on. Thought the same was true in the new house, and it was with the first switch. But when I opened up the next two, they were just 15 amps. I installed the 20 amps I had already bought. I peeked in the next one before I bought more, and it's 20. I haven't found any rhyme or reason for the mixed switches, and I really don't want to go around opening up all the outlets, counting them up, closing them, and opening them again if it makes no difference.
Thoughts?
SC