[169858] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: L6-20P -> L6-30R
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Rubenstein)
Wed Mar 19 08:00:24 2014
From: Alex Rubenstein <alex@corp.nac.net>
To: Rob Seastrom <rs@seastrom.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:00:18 -0400
In-Reply-To: <86mwgm1kyq.fsf@valhalla.seastrom.com>
Cc: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> > 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.
>=20
> Mine all seem to be NEMA 1-15P, some (most?) with 18 AWG wire.
>=20
> 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 sma=
ller than the ampacity of the circuit.
Heck, how many times have you plugged in a 14 gauge extension cord to a 5-2=
0R?
