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Originally Posted by cmbdiesel
NEC says 14ga is acceptable for 15amp. Don't know what code book they got down there, but NEC is pretty much the law everywhere I've built. All that aside, I don't use it. You just never know what some moron will do somewhere further on down the line, and I don't like to see things I've built burn down.
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Yep. New codes are now being implemented to protect us from ourselves. Now all receptacles shall be tamper resistant and pretty soon all single pole circuits will be arc faults combination type. That raises the price from bout $3.5 a breaker to about 32 each. 14 g is used outside the city all over to keep costs down, but SA wont allow it. Not sure I understand why they require the use of 12 ga wire, 20A breakers and only 15A receptacles?
04-28-2009, 08:09 AM
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