Circuit Question
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kwired
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It is not a circuit conductor, it is a conductor required to be run with the circuit in almost all cases.
Metal raceways are permitted to serve the purpose of this conductor in most cases.
Metal raceways are permitted to serve the purpose of this conductor in most cases.
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Al, we just had an entire thread on this issue. You may not realize it at first but keep reading in this thread.
Hendrix
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kwired
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Not really relavent to the OP.
Two 14-2 cables would be considered as 5 conductors for box fill.
Threee 14-2 cables would be considered as 7 conductors for box fill.
A raceway with 20 circuit conductors installed in it only needs one EGC installed to serve all the circuits.
Jim W in Tampa
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Thank you Dennis. This was very helpful.
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Jim W in Tampa
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It's obviously a conductor but not (normally) a circuit conductor.
I only becomes a circuit conductor when something goes wrong.
That was my opinion at first too but seems it is never a CIRCUIT conductor
if it is then we are back to bonding that cut ground wire
afwagner
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you all know that if we were to go back to calling things what they are,. then we wouldnt have all this confussion about circuits and conductors . line,load,neturals,and grounds...
jetlag
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afwagner
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what difference does it make they are the same wire, tied together at the point of disconnect.
Jim W in Tampa
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yea and its works so gotta be ok and my friend bubba does it all the time
afwagner
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oh you know bubba, he worked for me at one time untill i fired him and hired his brother, you know jack
Jim W in Tampa
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bubba is the best man i have. His brother married into the shit family when he married holly
kwired
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What is the confusion? If there is no definition for terms then you will always have people that have a different definition than others for certain things and there will be confusion. Take a simple word like 'wire'. If you used that word in a sentence with out any indication of exactly what you were talking about and asked 100 different people what the sentence is talking about you may be suprised with how many different answers you will get. It could be a single electrical conductor - and even that could be several different types of conductor, it could be a multiple conductor cord or cable - again that could be several different types, there is also hundreds of other types of wires that are not used for electrical purposes.
You ever seen where a neutral was also used for equipment ground or vice versa, and then something happens to continuity of the conductor? You do not want to touch the metal frames of items that are connected to this and contact other grounded items at the same time. Sometimes learning the hard way is the only way to learn the concept of what is going on here.
Jim W in Tampa
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yea but it been working like that for 30 years so gotta be ok LOL
readydave8
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Hook a pigtail lite bulb to a cord, plug it in, take the whites apart and hold one in each hand to better understand the difference.
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Kids do not try this at home!
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