Questions & Answers for: Square wire an amp

amp circuit is usually wired with heavier 12 gauge wire which can carry the increased amps. If you plug in a 20 amp breaker into a 15 amp circuit you run the risk of overheating the smaller gauge wire

...wire. 20 amp shuld be protecting #12 wire. 30 amp #10 wire. Add up the amps of everything you have on the line to check this. If you have Clamp Amp meter, you can measure what is going out the wire. ...

...Is there any idea what I can do? what size wire is run to the outlets and what size recepticles are they amp wise. it will make a difference. i.e. 15 amp recepticles cannot be run of of a 10 ...

I'm wiring a custom home and there seems to be a lot of feeds or hrs needed how do I know if a 200 amp service will be enough or do I need 2 200 amp panels? I need a liitle bit more info of the house.

...amp square d breaker is getting very hot when i run my forced air heat - why? Not enough amps. Check your wire size and see if it's safe to up the size of your breaker without having to run new ...

...amp and the current circuit breaker is 95 You will not only need to change the circuit breaker but you will also most likely have to change the wire size running from your ...

Can I hook up 2/0 wire to a 100 amp breaker box check the instruction sheet included with the box,if none is available,then contact the manufacturer for ampacity/wire capacities of this particular box

how do i wire a 60 amp breaker. square d 6 ga. 3 / 1 single phase? three phase? 110 or 220???

can i feed a 100amp box from a 200amp box and feed from main leads ? As long as you have the capacity to run 100 amps from your 200 amp box and your wire size is adequate then yes.

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