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It depends on the electricity consumtion of the hot water tank either 10/2 or 12/2 and on the lengh of the run from the panel to the tank.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoMany residential 40 gallon water heaters use either 8 or 10 awg wiring. However, you should always consult with your local building inspection department and a licensed electrician.
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∙ 10y agoDepends on the size of the heater but home water heaters normally require AWG#10 wire on a 30 amp breaker.
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∙ 11y ago12 gauge on most, but it depends on the element rating.
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∙ 15y agoCopper, two conductor, #12 wire which is rated for 20 amps. Code allows 80% use which is 80% x 20 = 16 amps times 240 volts = 3840 watts connected load allowed.
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∙ 15y ago30 amp 220v circuit requires #10 wire
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What ampacity should branch circuit conductors have?
Branch circuits wire sizes are governed by the connected load amperage of the circuit. The wire size ampacity then governs the size of the breaker that is used to protect the circuit from overloading. For general home wiring circuits the conductors used are, receptacles and lighting #14 - 15 amps, dedicated circuits load dependant, hot water tank and baseboard heaters #12 - 20 amps, clothes dryer #10 - 30 amps, range #8 -- 40 amps.
When a larger load is controlled by a small wire what device is used?
When a large load is controlled by a small wire, what device is used?
Which wire used for ordinary light bulb?
In most home wiring circuits, the black wire is used to power a light bulb. The other wire is white and is called the neutral conductor.
What gauge wire is used for electric furnace heating elements?
normally 8 gauge wire is used for electric heat furnaces.
How is a hot water heater wired from the power source to the heater?
10/3 wire with 30 amp double pole breaker from panel box to water heater.
Items that use low resistance wire?
Ni chrome is a low resistance wire used in heaters and toasters.
What element heats elements in toasters?
It is nearly always Nichrome wire. The same is used for space heaters, etc.
A water heater draws 40A from a 120V power source in 10m away What is the minimum cross section of the wire that can be used if the voltage applied to the heater is not lower than 115V?
You could do it with 8-gauge wire, assuming you could even get a 110v water heater like that--4000-watt water heaters are all 220v.
When wiring a house do you have to use the black wire as the hot wire?
No, there are different occasions when the red of a three wire cable gets used as a hot wire. There also times when the white wire gets used as a hot but has to be re identified as a hot with marking tape. When wiring baseboard heaters the cable used is red and black with no white wire in the set.
What are the three types of wires which are used for most homes and farms?
12 gauge wire is normally used for homes and farms for lighting and receptacles. The wire colors are black, white and green. Red wires are sometimes used in wiring switches. Larger gauge wires are used for electrical ranges, furnances, dryers, hot water heaters and air conditioners.
How hot does a hot wire strip heaters wire get?
Hot wire strip heaters are used for usually sealing two pieces of poly together to form a bag or band around an object. Due to the variable types of poly used and different manufactures specifications , one heat can not be used for all occasions. There is a thermostat that is added in line with the hot wire to control the temperature of the wire. This thermostat limits the heating of the wire so as to get the melting point of the poly just right. If a strip heating wire is left full on it will get red hot and usually burn itself up. Nickel chrome wire has a melting point of 1400 degrees C.
Why tungsten metal wire is not used in heater?
A heater does not get hot enough to benefit from the expense of using tungsten wire. Most heaters use either wire made of an alloy called nichrome or plated ceramic heating elements. Heaters generally operate at red or orange heat (i.e. 1409F to 1908F) and can use nichrome wire. Lightbulbs operate at white heat (i.e. greater than 2309F) and use tungsten wire, but tungsten is hard and expensive to make into wire compared to softer metals.
What kind of wire is best for learning wire crochet?
Wire crochet has become a very popular handicraft mostly used for making jewelry. The best kind of wire to use to learn the technique is a 22 or 24 gauge jewelry wire.
What is the white material inside electric heaters?
The white material inside electric heaters is magnesium oxide. This same material is used in Pyrotenax cables to withstand heat in high ambient temperature areas. On these cables a #14 wire is given a 20 amp current rating.
What gauge wire do you need for 12.5 amps?
Electrical heaters are one of the devices that has to use the 80% de rate. A #12 copper wire is rated at 20 amps,de rated is 16 amp continuous. A #14 copper wire is rated at 15 amps, de rated is 12 amps. When a wire's capacity is smaller that that of the load current the next larger wire size must be used.Many heaters use #16 wire for this but its hot wires.They use special heater cord for this. Poor design.If you use #14 then any #14 is OK.Always check plugs for overheating.Clean plug tips.
How do you wire in a lowvoltage thermostat control to a baseboard heater?
Most baseboard heaters use hi voltage thermostats.
What kind and type wire can be used to wire an electric cook stove?
The wires must first be heat resistant. For that the best wires that can be used are wires made up of superconductors.
