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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,

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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.

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12 gauge wire is sufficient. Any larger is fine, but superfluous.

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Using the WIRE SIZE CALCULATOR on the related link, I get #10 copper wire as a conservative estimate.

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