15 or 20 amp gfci outlet

raymone31 · #1 Jan 20, 2008, 01:40 PM

I am installing a GFCI outlet. I think my house is 20 amp but I am not sure. Will it be a problem if I install a 15 amp outlet? I am using the outlet for a clothes dryer which plugs into an ordinary wall outlet.

ballengerb1 · Jan 20, 2008, 03:27 PM

You can put your 15 amp outlet on a 20 amp circuit, you just can't put a 20 amp outlet on a 15 amp circuit. So your clothes dryer is gas and just uses the ordinary outlet to power the drum and controls, right?

raymone31 · Jan 21, 2008, 08:59 AM

Thanks balllengerb1. My clothes dryer (aptartment size) is an electric and it does have an ordinary plug.

ballengerb1 · Jan 21, 2008, 09:02 AM

Wow, an electric clothes dryer that doesn't require 240 volts, have not seen one.



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