Depends on the conduit size. Half inch conduit can only carry two #6 wires per NEC, but 3/4” conduit is OK for four #6 wires.
But we weren’t talking here about pulling wire out of an existing conduit, I don’t think.. This was described as a new installation by a code-savvy op, who no doubt is using properly sized conduit.. Lew N6LEW > On Aug 11, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 8/11/2016 12:03 PM, Lewis Phelps wrote: >> So, why go to the extra expense of #6 wire? While it seems to me to be to be >> harmless to “over-spec” the wire size, it also seems expensive and not >> necessary either per requirements of Section of 310-15 of the NEC or from a >> “good operating practices” perspective. > IIRC, there is discussion in the NEC about the total cross section of wires > in conduit. Pulling #10 from existing conduit and replacing it with #6 could > in fact be a code violation? > > -- Lynn Lew Phelps N6LEW Pasadena, CA DM04wd Elecraft K3-10 / KXV144 / XV432 Yaesu FT-7800 [email protected] www.n6lew.us Generalized Law of Entropy: Sooner or later, everything that has been put together will fall apart. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
