Wow first of all you all really took off on my question "To plug into or not in a GFCI outlet" thanks to all who put their knowledge and experience into answering that!
These configurations in wireing I have seen presently while working in the historical district where these houses used to be rentals and now they are being gutted out and totally reconditioned.
An outlet box in the living room (house mid to late 50's built) that has 10AWG for a standard 15A duplex receptacle. Wouldn't 12AWG be plenty enough? Why 10AWG?
Apparently in another outlet box with 4 10AWG wires 2 hot,2 neutral in the bedroom of same house a GFI outlet was wired in wire nutting two of the 10AWG'S hots together ,and also under that same wire nut was a pigtail 12AWG.
The other end of that 12AWG was connected to the brass screw terminal on the LINE side,and the same was done for the neutral side connecting to the silver screw terminal to the other LINE side. I was not aware that AWG's could be mixed like that? Or can they?
Thanks all!
These configurations in wireing I have seen presently while working in the historical district where these houses used to be rentals and now they are being gutted out and totally reconditioned.
An outlet box in the living room (house mid to late 50's built) that has 10AWG for a standard 15A duplex receptacle. Wouldn't 12AWG be plenty enough? Why 10AWG?
Apparently in another outlet box with 4 10AWG wires 2 hot,2 neutral in the bedroom of same house a GFI outlet was wired in wire nutting two of the 10AWG'S hots together ,and also under that same wire nut was a pigtail 12AWG.
The other end of that 12AWG was connected to the brass screw terminal on the LINE side,and the same was done for the neutral side connecting to the silver screw terminal to the other LINE side. I was not aware that AWG's could be mixed like that? Or can they?
Thanks all!