Breakers will usually only allow 80-85% of their rated load to be passed continuously if I remember right. Then you have to account for voltage loss through the actual wiring. Your transient load can be higher, but I don't remember how long the trip time is for inductive loads on standard breakers, somewhere in the miliseconds I think. Then you get into duty cycles and yada yada yada, (insert $700 electrician here). Count on your standard 15 amp to realistically pass around ~1200 watts before it pops. Seriously though, that's a big ... load for a tank.
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