On 1/26/2014 12:15 PM, bud-- wrote:
On 1/26/2014 9:27 AM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
On 1/26/2014 2:18 AM, bud-- wrote:
... The breaker can be significantly larger
than the rating of the wires, and provides short circuit protection.
...

I don't think so! The breaker is there to protect the wires. ...

... for a motor circuit, ...

Ah ... my mindset was residential branch circuit.