Alton,

The only problem I have with counting the equipment stated watts is the high end plus padding that I believe the MFR puts on for liability. Thank you for the guage breakout, I've been thinking of that but never got up the energy to type in the google search.

I'll check the gauge in my home... but going by memory (I had to replace the 20 circuit breaker) it looks like 12 gauge wire... of course I've not had my eye's calibrated any time in the recent future. BLUF is that I do live a stone's throw outside SA city limits. Aside from the numerous lower end fixtures in the house I would imagine that the wiring is to SA code... of course when replacing my lights with ceiling fans I found several instances where grounding wires weren't even stripped for connection.

I recently (two days ago) had to replace my kitchen ballast (runs four T8 bulbs (how did I ever learn so much about florescent lights???)), and realized after I put in the new one that the old one had been humming ever since I bought the house (Pulte, Inventory).

I guess things like this happen. One home in the area was built without a kitchen sink... they fixed it but I'm thinking "Come on!", and another was built without any windows in the kitchen.

So, should I bring in another power drop? I'm assuming that since my stuff can all run at the same time to include the closet light and the fan/light combo, that I'm not exceeding 2kW, else I'd have a problem with the breaker. It doesn't even feel warm.