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buck_n_duck
Explorer
Jul 19, 2018

Help please. Putting in a 50 amp service at home.

I am installing a 50amp service at my house. By looking around on the internerwebs it looks like you use a double pole breaker just like you were putting in a 220v outlet. Is this correct? Does the c...
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Learjet
Explorer
Jul 21, 2018
ACZL wrote:
For those those that jumped on my case earlier, I found the casing off the wire used and here what it says:

6 AWG CU 3 CDR with 10 AWG ground

So by sounds of things, I'm good to go as I thought it was all 10 ga but looks like just the ground wire is. Guy who did the wiring is an electrician and never said it was a no-no.


yep, that is fine the ground wire can be 10 AWG

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