Well good greif! the damn wire will handle about 3 times what they say they
will. thats why.

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"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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That doesn't make sense to me at all.

Why allow the breaker to trip at a higher rating than the wire?
Conceivably the wire would fail without the breaker ever tripping. That
presumes the wire rating of 55 A means it is only capable of carrying 55A
at 120V