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I have a related question. I finished a basement a while ago and had a
buttload of 12-2 wire around. I just did the whole thing with 12-2.
The breakers were 15 or 20 amps based on what they were used for. Is
this a fire hazard? I would think not because the wire would never
heat up on the 15 amp circuit, but just wondering now that you guys are
chatting about it.

Nope, thats not a fire hazaard. But it could mislead someone to up the
breaker size noticing the breaker / wire mismatch. I don't know if its
a code violation or not.

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Respectfully,

CL Gilbert