Nope, mostly because it wouldn't meet code. But a novel idea that theoretically would work, but I'm not sure there'd be any savings either because you'd need four #12 wires to equal the current carrying capacity of a single #6 wire.<br /><br />Here's why: Diameter of #6 wire is 0.1620 inches, which is almost exactly double the diameter of #12 wire which is 0.0808 inches. High school geometry taught us that the area of a circle equals pi x radius squared.<br /><br />So for easy math lets say we have a wire with a radius of 1. 1 x 1 x 3.14159 = 3.14159.<br /><br />Then we have a wire with a radius twice as large, or 2. 2 x 2 x 3.14159 = 12.5664.<br /><br />12.5664 divided by 3.14159 = 4.<br /><br />Therefore it would take four separate #12 wires to give an equal volume of conductor material to that which is found in one #6 wire.<br /><br />How's THAT for boring the bajeepers outta everyone!?
But if this is what I need, I will have to splurge and buy it. <br />As for talking to the guys at HD, everyone was too busy today to talk. I will have to wait to talk to them until Saturday. <br />I have to read the book first anyways. <br />B.C.
