I was playing around with a voltage drop app (southwire) for iphone and plugged in the following
14 gauge copper
120 volts
14 amps at end of run
I wanted it to show me the longest run that could handle this and still be under the 3% allowable drop that code allows
It claims that I can only run 47.98 feet. How is this correct? What if I had a 15 amp circuit in a house that is 125 feet from the panel? Should I be running 12-2? This makes no sense.
Am I doing something wrong on the calculation?
14 gauge copper
120 volts
14 amps at end of run
I wanted it to show me the longest run that could handle this and still be under the 3% allowable drop that code allows
It claims that I can only run 47.98 feet. How is this correct? What if I had a 15 amp circuit in a house that is 125 feet from the panel? Should I be running 12-2? This makes no sense.
Am I doing something wrong on the calculation?