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Normally wire is sized by the amperage of the load. In this case the wire size is calculated by knowing the length of the run to the load and the amperage of the device to be connected. By knowing the length, the wire size has to be increased to allow for voltage drop over the distance from the supply to the load.

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If you have a 2 pole circuit breaker box and cannot get your 240V electric dryer to work should you place 30A on both sides of the box if you purchased a 30A receptacle that reads 125v250v?

Answer for trained people:There is one mistake that a knowledgeable person can make, and wonder why it doesn't work. This happens in some breaker boxes if you place a skinny 240 volt breaker filling an odd location (counting down vertically) and the next even position below that. When this happens, both hot lines are on the same leg. So, instead of 240 volts across the motor, you have no voltage across the winding, but the motor winding is entirely at 120 volts with respect to ground. The upper position of the breaker location must be an even position, and the lower position the next odd position. Most breaker boxes alternate bus legs in horizontal strips, not vertical rows. The first two horizontal rows are on leg 1 (L!), the next two horizontal rows are on leg 2 (L2), the next two rows are leg 1, etc. This requires placing a double pole breaker where it spans both legs L1 and L2.The following condition will occur if you have duplex breakers installed in your panel. This error happens most often when the number of breaker positions already used in the box is a multiple of 4, and you try to use the next available space on one side. The next two spaces on one side both have the same leg, so you can't put a 240 volt breaker there. But some of the boxes let you install it there anyway (mine has plastic bosses that prevent this).You can use a voltmeter to check for this. If you measure 120 volts from each hot prong to ground, but no voltage between the hot prongs, this has happened. A neon voltage tester will show no voltage between the hot prongs, even though it shows voltage from hot to ground.The cure is to move the breaker down one breaker space in the breaker box. You can put another 120 volt breaker in the empty space where the knockout was removed (since cover is required, and the knockout can't be put back), and reserve it for a future 120 volt circuit. (Since my box has wide knockouts, I had to install two dummy 120 volt breakers, one above the 240 volt breaker, and one below it. But they quickly found uses in extra 120 volt circuits.) NEVER use two single pole breakers for a 240 volt circuit, unless the handles are common tied together with a special device made for that purpose.


When do two different distance-time graphs have matching velocity-time graphs?

Two different distance-time graphs have matching velocity-time graphs when the slope of the distance-time graph represents the velocity in the velocity-time graph, as velocity is the derivative of distance with respect to time. This means that the steeper the distance-time graph, the greater the velocity on the velocity-time graph at that point.


How is speed calculate?

Average speed is calculated by dividing the total distance covered divided by the time taken. Instantaneous speed is calculated as the derivative of displacement with respect to time.


What is the definition of velocity gradient?

With respect to material being sheared, velocity gradient is the change dv in relative velocity v between parallel planes with respect to the change dr in perpendicular distance r throughout the depth of the material. Velocity gradient has the same dimensions as rate of shear, which is reciprocal seconds.


When does a cyclist appear to be stationary with respect to another moving cyclist?

A cyclist appears to be stationary with respect to another moving cyclist when they are both moving at the same speed and direction. This occurs when they maintain a consistent distance and speed relative to each other.

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What is acceleration and distance formula?

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