I have POWER
I've been camping several years and always had breakers tripping inside camper so couple years back I made a 30 amp drop cord to power all my outside activities. This worked great but 40 feet of drop...
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beemerphile1 wrote:
Building codes are for the purpose of saving lives and property. Violation of code risks lives and property. It shouldn't be taken lightly.
Just because an installation is not 100% NEC compliant does not mean safety is being totally ignored. The Code is ultra-conservative in many cases.
Example: For a circuit with #14 copper wiring, the maximum breaker size is 15 amps according to NEC 240.4(D)(3). If the wiring happens to be type 'NM', also known as 'Romex', the conductor rating according to NEC Table 310.15(B)(16) is 25 amps. This is because, according to NEC 334.112, the insulation rating for type NM must be rated 90 deg C. Now, suppose you have a receptacle circuit that keeps tripping because you try to put 19 amps of load on the 15 amp breaker. I feel that replacing that breaker with a 20 amp size, knowing that the NEC rating of the conductor is 25 amps, is not particularly dangerous. This assumes that all 18 amps are not served through a single 15 amp receptacle, which is a safe assumption since 20 amp plugs will not fit into 15 amp receptacles.
