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14-3 Is the standard wire use for residental smoke detectors.
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What gauge wire is used for electric furnace heating elements?
normally 8 gauge wire is used for electric heat furnaces.
How big is 6 gauge wire?
The size of the wire is stated by its gauge under American Wire Gauge. Six gauge wire is size 6 AWG.
What gauge wire should be used with a 60amp circuit breaker?
Use AWG # 6 wire.
What is BWG in gauge terms?
BWG = Birmingham Wire Gauge, is an old British wire measurement system that was widely used through out the world at one time.
Is it safe to use 10 gauge wire on a 20 amp breaker for a microwave?
No, 10 gauge wire requires the use of a 30 amp breaker. A 20 amp breaker is only used on 12 gauge wire.
Do wired smoke detectors mount on electrical boxes?
Hard wired smoke detectors have to have a junction box behind them. These detectors use 120 volts as a working voltage. These types of detectors should be wired with 3 conductor #14 wire. The detector uses the black and white wires for the 120 volt source. Detectors these days have an output signal wire that can be connected to other detectors so that if one trips it will sound the alarm in other detectors that are on the same circuit. This output wire can be connected to other detectors by the third red wire in the 3 conductor cable.
Do hard wire smoke detectors expire?
Sort of. They need periodic servicing.
Do smoke detectors have to be on a desginated circuit in bedrooms?
Putting smoke detectors on a designated circuit is a good design policy. One of the features of a designated design is that the smoke detectors can be all looped together. The smoke detectors of today have a third terminal where if one detector trips all of the detectors on the circuit have the ability, if connected, to alarm. All of the detectors are wired with a 3 conductor #14 cable. The black and white wires are used for power to the detector and the third red wire is used on the third terminal to alarm all of the detectors on the circuit when one smoke detector trips. With all detectors in an alarm mode it is hard not to hear or sleep through any emergency because of closed doors blocking the sound. Using this method of connection it is recommended a detector in each bedroom and above the stairwell between floors. Keep away from the kitchen area or the whole house will know when someone burns the toast.
What are the advantages of hard wired versus battery only smoke detectors?
If the battery dies the smoke detector sill works, that the biggest advantage to using hard wire.
Where smoke detectors are used?
According to NFPA 72, the national fire code, smoke detectors shall be installed in each sleeping area, outside each sleeping area, and on each story of a home, i.e. top and bottom of stairways.
What gauge wire is used for electric furnace heating elements?
normally 8 gauge wire is used for electric heat furnaces.
What type of wire gauge is used for a 30amp circuit?
10 gauge
Why does the starter wire on your truck smoke when you crank the engine?
A short somewhere, insufficient wire thickness causing too much resistance... try upgrading it to a larger gauge wire.
What is a wire diameter?
American wire gauge (AWG), also known as the Brown & Sharpe wire gauge, is a standardized wire gauge system used since 1857 predominantly in North America for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire.
What gauge wire should be used to rewire auto?
There are many size gauge wires used in the making of an automobile, anywhere from 4 gauge to 22 gauge.
What wire gauge is used for a toaster?
16 awg can be used for the toaster
What is themost common wire used for a door contact?
16 or 18 gauge wire
