RBM wrote:
I don't believe there is anything in the code to prevent you from
changing the breaker to protect the smallest conductor, but IMO,
despite labels and tags, it would seem to me all to easy for someone
down the line to inadvertently put a 12 gauge conductor back on a 20
amp breaker, not knowing what you've done.
I would change the cable to the light.


That is a good catch and I agree. The better way is to change out the
cable. If it is not specifically in the code, it certainly is in the spirit
of the code.


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Joseph Meehan

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