#6 NMB

[tthh]

It is strange that you can find #6 NM CU easily, but #8 CU SER isn't easy to find. Less copper for the same ampacity for what the NM would commonly be used.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

I've seen it done too many times

And I have done it 50 to a 100 times. That was a standard setup for us to a sub panel.

 

[electrofelon]

It is strange that you can find #6 NM CU easily, but #8 CU SER isn't easy to find. Less copper for the same ampacity for what the NM would commonly be used.

Yeah I hate NM, wish supply houses would just stock copper SER particularly for sizes 8 and 6.

 

[letgomywago]

And I have done it 50 to a 100 times. That was a standard setup for us to a sub panel.

No nuetral lug kits available when you did?

 

[tortuga]

I would ask why anyone would use copper SER when aluminum is available.

With smaller vans now and the off chance we can't run AL, its just easier to stock CU for 6AWG and smaller.
And if the terminations don't allow AL the cost of the proper AL/Cu tap blocks + a larger box to hold them eats up any savings I might have on a typical residential run.

 

[tthh]

With smaller vans now and the off chance we can't run AL, its just easier to stock CU for 6AWG and smaller.
And if the terminations don't allow AL the cost of the proper AL/Cu tap blocks + a larger box to hold them eats up any savings I might have on a typical residential run.
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Exactly. I like the Polaris taps, but they are more expensive than they should be IMO.

 

[CoolWill]

With smaller vans now and the off chance we can't run AL, its just easier to stock CU for 6AWG and smaller.
And if the terminations don't allow AL the cost of the proper AL/Cu tap blocks + a larger box to hold them eats up any savings I might have on a typical residential run.
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For #6 I use the screw type Burndy connectors. They cost about $1.50. Sure you have to insulate them, but tape or heat shrink is cheap.