wire
Amps
(Also Fuse or
Circuit Breaker size)
IJ amps
£\J amps
•30 amps
40 amps
JU amps
Watts
(Based 120 Volts)
at 80% loaded
1800 watts
2400 watts
3600 watts
4800 watts
6000 watts
The larger the wire gauge
number the smaller the
diameter the wire.
The "N-M" means non-metalic
red
hot wire
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Chart Shows Color Coding Wires and Terminal Screws
Color Wire
White
Black
Red
Green
Bare Wire
Color Terminal
Screw
Silver White
Brass
Bras^s
Green
Green
Hot Neutral
or Grounding Wire
Neutral Wire
Hot Wire
Hot Wire
Grounding Wire
Grounding Wire
black- hotw're
around
wire
two-wire cable
with ground
white neutral wire
B black hot wire
*
8
three-wire cable X
with ground
In Example "A" above, the numbers and letters stamped
on the electric wire has the following meaning. wire
^P NO.
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• NO.
The "G" means with ground wire. wire
^P NO.
The "2" means has two wires. ground
wire
white neutral wire
In Example "B" above, it
is exactly like Example A
except has three wires
instead the two.
The "12" means No. wire
• NO. wire
• NO
