ScottG wrote:
btcruzer wrote:
That may be a cheap part that is readily available at O'reilly's but I don't believe they have ANY $3 parts. A 15 cent bolt costs about 89 cents there.
One question, why 6 gauge wire on one side and 16 gauge on the other if this is a circuit breaker?
The supply end probably had the bigger wire.
There are many reasons they aren't the same size;
Could be it came from somewhere where it was just handy to use that AWG or they may have been concerned about a V drop or the may be other options that could have been connected to the load side requiring more current.
Thank-you for the replies. I also was wondering why one terminal had a much heavier wire attached compared to the other one. Thank-you for the explanation on that.
One thing I didn't mention was that I originally took the part to Napa. There is no amperage mark on it that we could see, and he thought it was an isolator.
There also is a 14 or 16 gauge wire on the same terminal with the 6 gauge wire. How can I determine correct amperage for a circuit breaker?
