power panel integrated backwards 20A plug?
I've been reading the other thread in this forum about burnt neutral wires in the AC distribution panel. I figured since my RV is 4 years old, I'd better check its wires. I'm happy to report that ther...
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GordonThree wrote:smkettner wrote:
I thought it was white 14, yellow 12, orange 10, and larger was black.
Looks like 12 to me.
Not sure the outside sheath color code is strictly enforced. I bought a 100ft roll of 14ga with yellow outside sheath from Menards recently.
It's simply a convention, not any sort of a code requirement. It's legal to make and sell and install NM-B wire with any color outside sheath that your little heart desires. However, even as a convention, it's fairly unusual at least in my limited experience to find new wire that doesn't follow it--and most of the wire that doesn't has a white sheath for every size, so it's a pretty safe guess that a yellow wire is 12 gauge and an orange one 10 gauge. Of course, for actual serious work one should verify either the package or squint and read the little lettering embossed onto the jacket (the latter of which is a code requirement).
