I am currently running 7 M200s, my sub amp, my RPTV, the rest of my components and the room lights on a 15amp circuit. I have never tripped the circuit. In the kitchen, however, a microwave and the refrigerator share a circuit that I have tripped. I am not an electrician. But I did a fair amount of research on this topic before running some electrical circuits in a basement. In exposed space, I was required, by code, to run 20amp circuits.

If you want a 20amp circuit, you need a 20 amp breaker, 12 gauge wiring and a 20 amp receptacle. The code is very clear that is NOT ok to use 14 gauge wiring for a 20amp circuit. Today, 12 gauge Romex has yellow outer sheathing while 14 gauge Romex has white outer sheathing.

I’m sure the code has a lot of over-kill built into it. Although most places use the standardized code, they do not have to. I see that Bandit is from New Orleans, and Louisiana does have a different legal system vs. the rest of the country. So I do not know if the advice Bandit got from the home inspector is acceptable where HE lives. I do know that it is NOT acceptable where I live. As Wharf Rat said, I believe you are opening yourself up to legal liability, if damage is caused by work that wasn’t up to code.