On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:50:05 GMT, "peter" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
. com...

The NEC specifically requires that neutral conductors 6-gauge and smaller
be
white or gray end-to-end. It's absolutely a Code violation to re-label a
red
wire as a neutral, unless it's larger than 6-gauge.
[NEC 2005, Article 200.6(A)]

Why does it only apply if the conductor is 6-gauge and smaller. Do you mean
smaller gauge (larger wire), or smaller wire (larger gauge)??
This gauge
unit seems to be defined backwards (and is #1 gauge the largest wire
possible?)


#0 would be larger. For even larger, they use multiple zeros, 00, 000,
0000. Larger than that, I think they use the actual wire measurement.
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