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Can you tape the ends red and black in this case? I thought there were some provisions for options there in case you had some super heavy cable but wrong color
by donor20 3y ago
Can you tape the ends red and black in this case? I thought there were some provisions for options there in case you had some super heavy cable but wrong color
- amluto 3y agoThe rules are different for <=4 AWG wires versus smaller wires. I don’t know why.
- sokoloff 3y agoYou can use tape or heat-shrink to re-identify a wire if its 4 AWG or greater or if it's part of a multiconductor cable (which NM-B is). The reason for the 4 AWG rule is probably an economic one. Having spools of larger conductor cables in a variety of colors is not inexpensive. Allowing the reidentification seems reasonable, though I'd probably argue the cutoff could be thinner than 4. The multi-conductor cable exception is a practical [and economic] one. You might not be able to get multi-conductor cable assemblies with the exact color coding you need.
- donor20 3y agoAhh - makes sense - high amp cables get insanely expensive