On 1/10/2017 10:09 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:

That wire must be some oxygen free, special insulated wire or some such
snake oil coated. There is no way the wire of the same gauge is going
to be noticed when there is probaly over 50 feet of cheep wire from the
socket to the breaker box of the house and hard telling how many miles
of even cheaper made wire to the power company.

For the definitive answer from an electrical engineer, see the answer by
Bill Shymanski
https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=...al/eWXk4BjP-rM