Howdy,
On Wed, 29 Jul 2009, Paul Mele wrote:
> as far as the rating on the outlets goes, recall that the job of the
> breaker in the box is to limit the current thru the wiring (in the wall)
> to the rated carrying capacity of the wire, e.g. 12g/ 20 A, 10g/ 30A
> (each wire gauge has a rated ampacity; it is determined by the amount of
> heat given off by the wire when it carries max amperage; this in turn
> prevents fire potential in the walls).
That makes sense, and its something I never really thought about too much.
Out of curiosity, does that mean it'd be within code to run a 30A 110vac
circuit (with 10g wire & appropriate breaker) with a bunch of 20A outlets
on it?
How does GFI protection play into a scenario like that? In my garage,
I've got a GFI outlet as the first in a series on a circuit, protecting
the rest of the outlets on the circuit. Can that GFI outlet handle
protecting a 30A load?
And, at least for me, the garage 220vac outlets are 50A (6g or 8g wire, I
can't remember), and that wire was kinda hard to do anything with a wire
nut... I'll check out the split bolt ones someone mentioned... Sounds like
a good idea.
Mark
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