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Default Old wire thicker than new wire?

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 21:36:32 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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cant go wrong running 12 gauge, but it is hared to work with. I wonder
why they dont make boxes bigger, that would help a lot.


Smaller boxes are harder to work in. More difficult = more manly man, or


That leaves Michael Jackson out of the picture

some such bull****. That's the only reason I can figure out. Code dictates
that as you run wires along beams, you don't bend them more than a certain
amount. Keep the bends gradual. Then, code says it's OK to jam the wires
into boxes in a way that doesn't match the previous rule.