A #6 RW 90 copper wire is rated at 65 amps. <><><> As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed. Before you do any work yourself,
on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,
always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized. IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB
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Depends on the length of wire you need. The longer the length of wire, the more resistance it has, and the more heat it will generate. Thus, you'll use a larger gauge of wire to reduce the overall resistance in order to counteract the resistance caused by the length of wire.
12 gauge wire is sufficient. Any larger is fine, but superfluous.
Using the WIRE SIZE CALCULATOR on the related link, I get #10 copper wire as a conservative estimate.
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4 copper
I would use AWG # 4 copper.
Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.240 volt two wire circuits loads do not need a neutral to operate. A three wire 240 volt circuit that needs a neutral, will have a neutral the same size as the current carrying conductors. In this case a #10.
Yes, no problem at all going to a larger ampacity of wire. Larger size wire yes, smaller size wire no.
15,000 watts at 240 volts will use 62.5 amps. Therefore you will need to use AWG #3 wire on a 100 amp breaker.
4 copper
I would use AWG # 4 copper.
The 240 volt receptacle has to have an amperage rating. It is this rating that governs the wire size and breaker size to feed the circuit. The new two pole breaker will be inserted in the 100 amp distribution if space is available and connected to the new wiring that terminates at the new receptacle.
Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.240 volt two wire circuits loads do not need a neutral to operate. A three wire 240 volt circuit that needs a neutral, will have a neutral the same size as the current carrying conductors. In this case a #10.
A 1/0 aluminum conductor will limit the voltage drop to 3% or less when supplying 30 amps for 500 feet on a 240 volt system.
Yes, no problem at all going to a larger ampacity of wire. Larger size wire yes, smaller size wire no.
10 gauge will work fine.
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In North America you would need two 15 amp breakers to obtain 240 volts. The wire for a 15 amp circuit would be #14 AWG. So to answer the question, yes a 240 volt receptacle can go on a 15 amp circuit.
Use 8 gauge wire.
# 3 gauge
15,000 watts at 240 volts will use 62.5 amps. Therefore you will need to use AWG #3 wire on a 100 amp breaker.