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It is safe to use 8-3 wire on a 50 amp breaker?
No, it is not safe to use a #8 conductor on a 50 amp breaker. A #8 conductor is only rated at 45 amps capacity. By connecting it to a 50 amp breaker, which would trip at 50 amps on an overload, would overload the conductor by an extra 5 amps. This would be a conflict against the electrical code.
Can you change a 50 amp receptacle to a 15 amp receptacle?
Yes as long as you change the 50 amp breaker to a 15 amp breaker. You will be hard pressed to get the 50 amp #6 wire under the terminals of the 15 amp receptacle.
What can you run off a 50 Amp breaker?
Anything that does not pull over 50 amps.
How many 50 watt lights on a 15 amp circuit?
50 watt equals less than 1/2 amp current flow at 120 volts so you can have 30 light on a 15amp breaker or 40 on a twenty amp breaker.
What size breaker should be used for a double oven?
50 amp breaker wired with AWG # 6 wire.
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