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Old 04-16-2010, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Nipper View Post
Two more garage fires in TV yesterday caused by "electrical malfunction." I know first hand that one of the fires that was described in the paper a minimum damage is not true --- unless the paper thinks that uninhabitable is minimal.
But, what is the real cause of all these fires. Is it because there is no designated (with its own breaker) outlet for the golf cart? I know a number of people who have had to hire an electrician to install one. The question is, why isn't this standard procedure to install such an outlet when building these houses?
/* I am not an electrician and I do not play one on any forums */

I cannot make this leap with you. IMO, there is no reason related to FIRE that a golf cart charger needs a dedicated circuit. It draws AMPS like anything else on the circuit. If they all draw too many AMPS the circuit breaks, but no fire.

Folks may want a dedicated circuit so they can run more tools or stuff at the same time their cart is charging, but to my knowledge a dedicated circuit is not to fix a fire issue.