Have to extend my Air condition power line and need to verify wire type and size
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I am finishing my basement but had to move my A/C power line. I will need to use a disconnect to add on the additional 40 feet of wire needed.
The A/C is a 5 ton unit and now running on a 50 amp breaker and the wire currently used is stamped ( AWG 6 more than 600 volts). This wire has gray shield and the ground is a twisted type threads of copper.
The only new wire I could find at home depo was a 6-2 wire and it has a smaller ground that is solid. Can this type of wire be used to extend the circuit by tieing the two together with a disconnect switch?
Is it a problem that the ground on the 6-2 wire from home depo is smaller? Or solid instead of braided?
Any help is appreciated.
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The A/C is a 5 ton unit and now running on a 50 amp breaker and the wire currently used is stamped ( AWG 6 more than 600 volts). This wire has gray shield and the ground is a twisted type threads of copper.
The only new wire I could find at home depo was a 6-2 wire and it has a smaller ground that is solid. Can this type of wire be used to extend the circuit by tieing the two together with a disconnect switch?
Is it a problem that the ground on the 6-2 wire from home depo is smaller? Or solid instead of braided?
Any help is appreciated.
Thx
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I was afraid because the ground on that 6-2 wire from home depo seems much smaller than on the existing wire.
Yep already bought the disconnect.
Thanks for the reply.
Yep already bought the disconnect.
Thanks for the reply.
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the old wire is USE wire and has a full size ground wire.
I will need to use a disconnect to add on the additional 40 feet of wire needed.
The only new wire I could find at home depo was a 6-2 wire and it has a smaller ground that is solid. Can this type of wire be used to extend the circuit by tieing the two together with a disconnect switch?
The only new wire I could find at home depo was a 6-2 wire and it has a smaller ground that is solid. Can this type of wire be used to extend the circuit by tieing the two together with a disconnect switch?
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Type USE cable is for underground use and should not have been used inside. It typically lacks the flame retardant covering to be used inside.
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type of current wire.
I think the old wire is SE type. Looks like this one I found online except mine just has two wires and a ground. See link below.
Copper SE Cable
Copper SE Cable