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MEXICOWANDERER
Jul 04, 2021Explorer
Just for fun I'll mention life in Mexico
- Standard service drops are 30 amp 127 volt
- Service drop cables are 1 8 gauge conductor and one 1/4" galvanized neutral
- Premium service is a pair of 6 gauge conductors and a 3/8" galvanized neutral
- Homeowners seldom extend meter wiring of the same gauge. Most cases it's 14AWG
- So a single 14 gauge feeds the entire service. Every lamp, every outlet
- Walk into a hardware store and ask for a circuit breaker or fuse other than 30-amps and they'll look at you like you're nuts
- The principal catastrophe averter is that non-concrete homes are non-existent
- Morning protocol assignment is inventive
- First coffee, then will it be toast or another electric preparation?
- Single use. One-by-one. And don't have a computer compiling when coffee, bacon, or a potato is being processed
- Air conditioner? Hmmm you really want to complicate breakfast don't you?
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