THE CODE BOOK IS WRONG?

[Pat75]

Staying at an Air B n B.

#12 romex......on a 2 pole 60.....with the range.

Works great!
And ..... they saved money.
Unbelievable! I'm guessing the plumber told them......no need for electrician!
..........13kw insta-hot water heater. ........
SMH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[hillbilly1]

I went behind another electrician in a retail space for another issue, noticed a “brown” piece of romex coming out of the panel. Traced it back, it was a 14-2 on a thirty amp breaker. Load was a 4500 water heater! What was really weird, the rest of the wire in the panel was #12!

 

[Little Bill]

I went behind another electrician in a retail space for another issue, noticed a “brown” piece of romex coming out of the panel. Traced it back, it was a 14-2 on a thirty amp breaker. Load was a 4500 water heater! What was really weird, the rest of the wire in the panel was #12!

Simple, 14 is a higher number than 12!

 

[readydave8]

Water heater 240v, 14 nmb 600v

(Seen that logic in real life, that was installers defense when I said it was wrong, in this case #12 to water heater, on a 40 amp breaker)

 

[Fred B]

Looks like the Painter wired the panel. Blue painters tape.
So it must be good.

 

[letgomywago]

Looks like the Painter wired the panel. Blue painters tape.
So it must be good.

To be entirely honest I've been guilty of this with painters tape when doing a panel change. Didn't have a ton of white tape and wanted to save it for the nuetral.