I am put wires in my basements. A may need to have wires be put in contact
with
plastic sheet and insulation because of tight space. Will that wires get hot
enough to
cause problems like melt the plastic paper? The wires involved as 14/2 and
12/2s.

Thanks.

Y.

If they get that hot, you have other problems that'll make themselves
apparent REAL fast.

"Basement DIY" wrote in message
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I am put wires in my basements. A may need to have wires be put in
contact
with
plastic sheet and insulation because of tight space. Will that wires get
hot
enough to
cause problems like melt the plastic paper? The wires involved as 14/2
and
12/2s.

Thanks.

Y.

According to Basement DIY :
I am put wires in my basements. A may need to have wires be put in contact
with
plastic sheet and insulation because of tight space. Will that wires get hot
enough to
cause problems like melt the plastic paper? The wires involved as 14/2 and
12/2s.

1) Only if you put too much current on the wiring (ie: using oversize breakers).

2) If possible, you should try to avoid total burial in insulation, but that's
really only a concern under (1).
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