Would 8/2 Romex fit a 20amp breaker?
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dcg9381
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Some of them will. Post up your breaker type, it's usually in the breaker spec.
wyliesdiesels
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depends on the brand and model of breaker
TurnipTruck
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The wire size capacity should be molded into the breaker, or at least on the sticker.
mike93lx
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8/2 solid? I thought everything above 10 was stranded
sparky 1971
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You're right. I gave up back when the air compressor was getting hooked up to the dryer.
dave*99
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Meh. Sounds like a bunch of hot air.
wyliesdiesels
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you sure its solid? that would be awfully stiff and hard to work with
mike93lx
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No way that is solid
It's 10 gauge if that is the orange nm-b shown in the garage pic with the panel that has the missing.
Maybe I'm just out on limb with this one.
Damnit, I had to go check and see if that thread was a different OP (it was).
This OP sure does have a lot of electrical threads this month...
Cruzan80
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Color doesn't always mean sizing. There is not a "rule" for those. Are you sure it is Romex? A quick look with a ruler could tell you a lot (10awg is just bigger than 3/32, 8 is very close to 1/8, and 6 is between 5/32 and 3/16).
sparky 1971
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The conductor size doesn't matter. It could #8 or #6, neither one will fit on the receptacle without pigtails and the only solid wire is the #10 ground.
I know she tells you that, but do you really believe it?
Whoops, I was out on a limb or off in a cloud.
wyliesdiesels
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ehcsrop
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Isn't this Garage Journal Electrical College?
IF I log 4000 hours here do I qualify for a residential cert in CA (and similar reciprocating states like NV and AZ)?
Cruzan80
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Agreed, I was more thinking that it may not even be Romex, and he has further issues going on.
sparky 1971
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There are plenty of other issues going on but Romex isn't one of them, even if it isn't Romex.
wyliesdiesels
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lol no
hours only count as a registered electrical trainee (have to be signed up for school) and hours have to be verifiable via payroll.
mike93lx
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If anyone needs those payroll records, PM me. I'd solid in photoshop
I was wondering why my account statements started coming through as .JPEG
mike93lx
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Shhhhh
wyliesdiesels
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unfortunately you dont work for the IRS who is the one that has to provide them
mike93lx
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The irs has wages and nothing more. Doesn't say the work you did or how many hours you worked.
sparky 1971
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These new rules sure take the fun out of everything. I had one year of apprenticeship where the emphasis was how to use a code book before I decided to move to TX and party. The contractor I worked for down there didn't have any affiliation with a school so I was pretty much taught in the field. After two years, on a dare, I took the Journeymans test and passed. I was back in IA visiting one weekend and I told my dad, an attorney, about it. He voiced his opinion about it being a bunch of **** that I still had to work another 1-1/2 to two years before I could get a license. About a week later I got the mail and there was a notarized affidavit from his office that I had accumulated 8000 hours of work experience and I went and got myself a Journeymans license. I did already have a residential license down there, all one had to do was pass a test, hours didn't matter. This would have been in 1995-6ish. Moving back to IA in 1998, all I had to do was retest, didn't need to prove anything because I was already licensed in another state even though by then I had plenty of hours.
wyliesdiesels
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payroll records are cross referenced....
mike93lx
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Well that splains it all. Not a single mention of a broom operator's license.
(Or ya failed it and won't fess up. Maybe that's why you moved back.)
sparky 1971
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Dammit. I did skip a couple of nights of classes during my one year. I think you just figured out the subject matter for me. I had helpers to push the broom around, I moved back 'cuz it was too effing hot nine months out of the year.
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dave*99
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Things have changed recently. Helpers have become quite demanding of tool upgrades.
They call him Tornado Tim. He points the fan at the floor so everything is blown away and never requires a dust pan.Things have changed recently. Helpers have become quite demanding of tool upgrades.
Things have changed recently. Helpers have become quite demanding of tool upgrades.
Is a leaf blower a broom? Asking for a friend...