On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 1:05:44 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Tue, 10 Dec 2013 05:58:54 -0800 (PST), "

wrote:



On Monday, December 9, 2013 7:01:33 PM UTC-5, wrote:

On Mon, 09 Dec 2013 00:09:26 -0500, wrote:







On Sun, 08 Dec 2013 21:57:40 -0500, wrote:











The issue is the next guy who comes along, seeing the 12ga wire,



inserts a 20A breaker. ...but I'll defer to those with a citation in



their hot little hands.







"The NEC does not address what an unqualified person might do". I got



that straight from the NFPA on a proposed change about something



similar.







I suppose I could blow everyone's mind by saying it is legal to use a



40a breaker on 14 ga wire if you are serving a 1HP single phase 120v



motor with internal overload protection.







How does the overload protection protect the wiring?









The overload protection in this case is inside the motor

itself. It's a common misconception among home inspectors too.

Some of them see a 50A breaker going to an AC compressor and assume

that it has to use the same size conductor that you would use

for a 50A oven. They see a smaller conductor and flag it,

though it's 100% code compliant to use a smaller conductor,

within the rating of the AC unit specs.





Can you even try to read, Trader?

You know, you're remarkably arrogant for someone who knows so
little. You didn't even know how motor loads are sized.
Gfre, who is/was an electrical inspector told you that
you were wrong.


And what I just told you is correct. The overload protection
is in the motor. That protects the motor and the *wiring*
from overload, because the motor is the load. Capiche?
Or would you like to dig your hole deeper?