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Old 1/31/11, 9:43 PM
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Old 1/31/11, 10:55 PM
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Old 2/1/11, 12:01 PM
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...a 15 amps breaker is protecting a 8 gauge wire?

Marcel, whereas that is not a typical installation, it is acceptable. You can oversize the current carrying conductor, but not the other way. I have seen this done for many reasons. One example would be lets say at one time there was a 240 volt dryer plug, now they did some remodel and moved the dryer to a new location and ran a new power source to it. So they took the old 8 gauge wire and converted it to a normal outlet and accordingly had to put the correct breaker on it. That's just 1 example.

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Not problem as long as the terminal is rated for an 8 AWG wire.


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Why? Someone didn't have a 220 breaker? Did someone just use the old wire for something new? Just had the wire on hand? The suspense is killing me.
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Old 2/1/11, 12:47 PM
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3rd from bottom left looks like a double tap neutral also .


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If you mean the gas range. So what?

They used the 8 AWG to power the receptacle for the clock and control.


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It's one leg of the unused former range circuit that has been converted to a 115 V receptacle.


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No big deal abanded in place properly as Michael said Black wire used for some thing else.


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