Questions & Answers for: wire an amp Water Heaters

wire. The cable would be specified as 6/2 w/ ground. The 2 hot wires in the cable would be red & black or black & black -- these attach to L1 & L2 respectively. ( L = Line ) More info, let

...120 AMP MAX CIRCUIT RUN WITH # 8 wire? look at your voltage 120 volts, or 240 volts, then amp rating. #8 THHN wire, or #8 romax is only rated for about 40 to 50 amps, your ground wire would be a #

...both wire and breaker.38.7 amp needs 50 amp breaker and 8 gauge wire ...

amp breaker and 10 gauge wire would be fine for this heater. And since it is 220 volt, you will always use a double breaker. That is because 220 volt appliances don't use a ground, but instead use the

...wire. 1) Use ordinary tester or multimeter set to 240V <> test each screw of lower element to bare metal part of water heater. Each screw should show 120V. If there is no power, then ...

...10 gauge wire is rated for 80% of load = 24amps. http://waterheatertimer.org/Figure-Volts-Amps-Watts-for-water-heater.html 3) You can use 5500Watt element if you have 30 amp breaker and 10 gauge

wire with 40 amp breaker.50 amp breaker x 80% = 40 amp safe maximum for 50 amp breaker. I use 6 gauge wire with 50 amp breaker.60 amp breaker x 80% = 48 amp safe maximum for 60 amp breaker. Again, use

...wire, or single 50 amp breaker and 6 gauge ...

...wire, then use 20 amp breaker and install 3800 watt elements in place of 4500 watt elements http://waterheatertimer.org/How-to-replace-water-heater-element.html Add a comment and say which size wire ...

...wire with 20 amp .The heater is 20.9 amps and 3000-5000 watts, with 17500 BTUs Curt, a 20 amp breaker will blow if you pull 10.9 amps from it. I suggest having a licensed electrician do your wiring. ...