[169877] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Wed Mar 19 13:21:34 2014
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:21:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Maslak" <jmaslak@antelope.net>
> Alternatively, you can replace the 30A circuit with a 20A one. I'm not an
> electrician, but I'll bet it's not much more complex or expensive than
> replacing a breaker and a receptacle,
It is exactly that: no one says you *can't* wire a 20A branch circuit with
#10.
It is even *possible*, though unlikely, that if you did so, you wouldn't
have to derate it to 80%. I would have to reread the Code to be sure.
Cheers,
-- jra
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