The electrical code states that circuit conductors that are fed by this breaker on a continuous load can only be loaded to 80%. Therefore you can have a load of 1,920 watts on this circuit. Assuming you install 8 watt bulbs you can have 240 on this circuit.
A 20 amp circuit at 120 volts will handle 2,400 watts. But you should never load a circuit over 80%. 20A@120 volts = 2400 watts x 80% = 25 lights of 75 watts each. If each fixture has 2 lights then only install 12.
You have to do the math, A 60 watt incandescent draws about 1/2 amp. A 100 W bulb .83 amps.
Using Watts = Current x Voltage you can calculate how many.
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No more than 13 maximum on a 20 amp circuit.
You can safely put 48 regular (incandescent) 40 watt lights on a 20 amp circuit. If at some future date you might place higher wattage lights in the circuit, you will want to limit the number of lights to 20.
The voltage needs to be known to give an answer to this question.
A 15a circuit can supply approximately 1650 watts, so 1650/65=25. I would stop at 20.
50 watt equals less than 1/2 amp current flow at 120 volts so you can have 30 light on a 15amp breaker or 40 on a twenty amp breaker.
No more than 13 maximum on a 20 amp circuit.
Provided you use wire that is rated for 20 amps.
You can safely put 48 regular (incandescent) 40 watt lights on a 20 amp circuit. If at some future date you might place higher wattage lights in the circuit, you will want to limit the number of lights to 20.
The voltage needs to be known to give an answer to this question.
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A 15a circuit can supply approximately 1650 watts, so 1650/65=25. I would stop at 20.
7 on a 15 amp circuit and 9 on a 20 amp circuit.
You should use 14 AWG wiring on all 15 amp circuits.
80% of the rated circuit. 10 amp circuit is 8 amps, 20 amp circuit is 16 amps, etc.
50 watt equals less than 1/2 amp current flow at 120 volts so you can have 30 light on a 15amp breaker or 40 on a twenty amp breaker.
You can plug in as many as you want but none of them will work. An "open" circuit is an electrical circuit which is not a complete circuit and therefore electricity will not flow through it. If you mean an unused circuit,which has no load on it, then the answer is 2 ea. 5 amp devices on a 15 amp circuit and 3 ea. 5 amp devices on a 20 amp circuit. The reason for this is that any circuit is not to be "loaded" more than 80% of the OCPD (circuit breaker amperage rating.
If there is nothing else on the circuit then you could easily install 15. If there are outlets on the same circuit then try and keep the total of outlets and lights to a maximum of 15. But in reality the number of devices depends on how many amps each device pulls. Add up the amperage of the recessed lights you are going to install and then add any outlets and what may be plugged into them to get the number you can install. A 100 watt light bulb will draw about 1 amp. So you can easily have 15 on a 20 amp circuit.