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RE: L6-20P -> L6-30R
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex () corp nac net>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:00:18 -0400
Go look at any standard household lamp. It has a 5-15P on the end of it, which could be plugged into an outlet rated for 20 amps (5-20R), with 16 gauge lamp cord rated for 10 amps or less.Mine all seem to be NEMA 1-15P, some (most?) with 18 AWG wire. Have I been shortchanged? :)
I wrote that too fast, you are absolutely right. But my point remains. Appliance/load wire size is often, and many times smaller than the ampacity of the circuit. Heck, how many times have you plugged in a 14 gauge extension cord to a 5-20R?
Current thread:
- L6-20P -> L6-30R Randy (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Mike Hale (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Wayne E Bouchard (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Niels Bakker (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Stephen Sprunk (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Randy Carpenter (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Jay Ashworth (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Laszlo Hanyecz (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Wayne E Bouchard (Mar 18)
- RE: L6-20P -> L6-30R Alex Rubenstein (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Rob Seastrom (Mar 19)
- RE: L6-20P -> L6-30R Alex Rubenstein (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Rob Seastrom (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Mike Hale (Mar 18)
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- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Larry Sheldon (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R William Herrin (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Wayne E Bouchard (Mar 18)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Lamar Owen (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R William Herrin (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Lamar Owen (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R William Herrin (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R Chuck Anderson (Mar 19)
- Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R William Herrin (Mar 19)