# Kitchen remodeling: give us your words of wisdom

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**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-remodeling-give-us-your-words-of-wisdom/978862 "2023-01-27T01:11:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 1, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-remodeling-give-us-your-words-of-wisdom/978862/68 "2023-02-01T18:46:21Z")

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Just another thought.

In my last house, I put together a woodworking shop. I have a fair number of power tools, and it wouldn’t be unusual to have two fairly high current (amperage) tools running at the same time – say: a power tool _and_ a dust collector.

What I had done is something that – if it seems relevant to you – you could do in your kitchen: I put in a few quadplex electrical outlets:

[![](https://inspectapedia.com/electric/Electrical_Receptacle_0322_DJFcs.jpg) ](https://inspectapedia.com/electric/Electrical_Receptacle_0322_DJFcs.jpg)

But the thing that was unique about how I had them wired is that the left two receptacles were on one circuit and the right two receptacles were on another circuit.

This basically meant that the left two could handle a 15 amp load _and_ the right two could handle an _additional_ 15 amp load.

Simultaneously.

If you’re going to run a coffee maker _and_ a toaster oven … or something like that … on a rather regular basis … it’s kind of a nice thing.

Good luck!

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