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In theory it should be able to take 15 amps indefinitely. In actual practice, however, you end up getting what is called 'nuisance tripping' as you approach 15 amps. This may be caused by many things including ambient temperature (temperature of the environment around it) or heat generated by adjacent breakers etc. So the code limits any planned load to 80% of the rating, or 12 amps in this case.

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