Originally Posted by
donna13350
That depends on how your house was wired, and when. The only way to know is to look at your breakers and see how they are labeled. If you only have one breaker that is for your sewing room, then all of your outlets in that room are all on the same circuit. If you have more than one breaker for the same room, then you have more than one circuit.
In my living room, for instance, I have two breakers, one is labeled "LR...south wall, ceiling", and the other is labeled " LR, east, west, north walls". I have 4 breakers for my kitchen, and 2 for the bathroom, but it is all fairly new wiring.
I had a house one time where the entire house was on one circuit! You could not plug 2 things in at the same time, or you'd blow a fuse!
Exactly what my cousin/electrician said. When I first saw the subject, my first reaction was BS. So I called on old faithful (Bill) for an answer. He didn't laugh but he did say unless you are in a very modern house that was wired specifically for that situation, most of is not true. Now there may be some people who do have their rooms wired to eliminate this BUT most homes aren't.