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They're very well marked at Home Depot. The store brand, which is general most prominent, gauge is color coded: 6AWG - Gray / 12AWG - Yellow / 14AWG - Pink / 1
by icehawk 2y ago
They're very well marked at Home Depot.
The store brand, which is general most prominent, gauge is color coded: 6AWG - Gray / 12AWG - Yellow / 14AWG - Pink / 16AWG - Orange. There's one exception to this where 14 AWG cable is using orange labeling normally used on 16AWG wire but that's the opposite of a safety issue.
And they have generally have the rated amperage for the length of the cable.
- fragmede 2y agoyeah but there's no test that asks if you know the difference between a watt and an amp. If you're coming from the paint department, how are you to know that the color is material? I just like orange, it's my favorite color.
- icehawk 2y agoNot reading the numbers on the label is an orthogonal issue. My point was gauge and maximum rated amperage are on the label.