Re: wire AWG and safe current draw

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi, 10 AWG will safely carry 30 A.  Sure he could do it, but I don't know how
much the wire would heat up under a full 40 A load. It wouldn't be safe (or up
to code), and I certainly would not do it.

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Jonathon Reinhart
hot-streamer-dot-com/jonathon

>
> A Buddy of mine wanted to know if he could run a 240VAC 40A dual poled 
> breaker on 10 AWG wire instead of 8 AWG. Anyone actually done this one 
> before? Am I right in saying that this would cause a wall fire?
>
> Just checking.
>
> Tim.