joebedford wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
I think I did a bit of over kill, because all the wire was inserted into grey plastic conduit, as everything in my garage was in conduit.
I had an electrician actually do the connection at the fuse box and the receptacle. He told me I did an over kill feeding the wire through the conduit. Conduit was only required for non-insulated single stranded wire. The wires that are insulated with 3 wires don't need the conduit.
I'm no electrician, but as I understand the code, wires within a conduit MUST be single wires. So, I could be wrong, but I think yours doesn't meet code.
SINGLE WIRE inside metal or plastic! This is universal code and it relates directly to dissipation of heat. My environment is normally 30 degrees celsius so I choose #8 wiring for a 30-amp receptacle and 6 AWG for a 50-ampere receptacle.
I like EMT because any fault is shunted to earth ground.
