Mixed 12/2 and 14/2 on 15A Circuit When Adding Receptacle - Should I Replace?
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Mixed 12/2 and 14/2 on 15A Circuit When Adding Receptacle - Should I Replace?
I have a wall mounted tv, and I have been wanting to add a receptacle higher up on the wall. There was a receptacle directly below at standard height. For some reason, I thought that all of my outlets were wired with 12 AWG. I realized that they are actually 14 AWG. I only had 12/2, which I ended up using. I ran a 12/2 from the new box to the old one. In the old box, there are two 14/2 cables and one 12/2 for the new box. I also used two 12 AWG pigtails to connect two new receptacles (I replaced the single gang with a 2-gang to give me more room). This is all on a 15A circuit. I’m wondering if I shouldn’t have done this. If I have to, I will rip everything out today and redo it. I don’t want my work to look like a hack job, so I wanted to double check.
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What you did is fine, 12 awg is rated for 20 amps and it’s on a 15 amp circuit breaker, you would’ve been wrong if you had installed 14 awg on a 20 amp circuit breaker. It was also a good idea to put in a 2 gang box so you gave more room for wire fill.