Wire

[peter d]

Next time you go back to a house you wired, put an amprobe and any of the circuits you ran, you are in for a BIG surprise.

I already know resi circuits are lightly loaded so I just run the #14 and be done with it.

 

[troa303]

OMG No!

What happened, did the residents die?

Did they have to sell their home?

What about the children, did they become addicted to crack because of this?





Sorry I use 14 for receptacles in my own home and if at some point we overload a circuit I will 'man up' go down to the basement and reset the breaker.

I have two 20 amp circuits in my kitchen, the wife still tripped them as she insisted in plugging a large electric fry plate in to the same duplex as the convection oven. She knows how to reset the breaker. :smile:

I rather do that then rough and finish the whole house with 12. The only place I would use 12 wire for all the receptacles would be in the garage. For power tool usage and such.