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50 amp breaker wired with AWG # 6 wire.
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.
Both a 45 amp and 50 amp breaker would require 6 AWG wire. So if you have 6 AWG wire and any devices like an outlet are rated at 50 amps or greater you are okay.
The breaker protects the wiring not the boiler. 12,000 watts at 240 volts will require 50 amps. So, you will need a 60 amp breaker using AWG# 6 wire on a dedicated circuit.
Anything that does not pull over 50 amps.
The recommended wire size for a 50 amp breaker is typically 6-gauge wire.
For a 240-volt circuit that requires a 50 amp breaker, the appropriate size of the breaker needed is 50 amps.
For a 50 amp hot tub installation, a double-pole 50 amp breaker is required.
For a 50 amp breaker, you would typically need a 6-gauge wire.
For a 50 amp breaker, you will need a wire that is at least 6 gauge in size to safely handle the electrical load.
The recommended size for a 50 amp breaker box for a residential electrical system is typically 200 amps.
For a 41 amp load, you would typically use a 50 amp circuit breaker. The general rule is to select a breaker size that is 125% of the continuous load amps or equal to the load amps if it is not a continuous load. In this case, 41 amps is considered a continuous load, so you would round up to the nearest available breaker size, which is 50 amps.
For a 50 amp breaker, a wire size of at least 6 AWG (American Wire Gauge) should be used to safely handle the electrical load.
For a 50 amp breaker, a wire size of at least 6 AWG (American Wire Gauge) should be used to safely handle the electrical load.
The recommended wire size for a 50 amp breaker is typically 6-gauge wire.
A 50 amp breaker is an overcurent device.
50 amp breaker wired with AWG # 6 wire.