SURVEY: Powering big iron in your home.

From: William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org>
Date: Tue Jun 4 20:29:32 2002

> Your #10 wire is under-sized. #8 is commonly used on 50 amp circuits in
> some areas because the common household breaker will trip before a
> continous load of 50 amps is reached.

He is running it thru a 25 Ampere breaker, right? #10 can safely handle
30. Of course, he could upgrade the breaker above 30, in which case, yes,
the #10 is too small.

Actually, upgarding the breaker might be a good idea, as we all know he
is just going to get more big VAXen...

William Donzelli
aw288_at_osfn.org
Received on Tue Jun 04 2002 - 20:29:32 BST