Question for electricians

[grsthegreat]

As a funny note…. I once purchased some Chinese GFCI receptacles from harbor freight many years ago. The boxes said UL Approved. These were used on several Temp power boxes i installed for new home builds. Inspector could not get them to trip using tester. Ended up demoing one and looking inside. There were no electronics inside outlet. Just wires and an outlet. Typical Chinese garbage at the time. Anyone installing one of these in their home may be dead by now.

 

[alexinPA]

Maybe I missed something, but all comments are about a 9KW generator, BUT what is max size of circuit breaker on output....

Generator is connected to 50 A breaker

 

[alexinPA]

I was watching my counter installed by PPL. It's one of those remote controlled showing different values, incl. kwh, kw, etc. Kw value is cumulative so every night it shows max for a day. Next day it starts over.
For a week with AC on never above 5200-5600 w. Wondering if this meter catches picks when electric motors start

 

[WinterDeere]

Generator is connected to 50 A breaker

Then I would not use that device with AWG 10 wiring.

In all likelihood, any localized heating within the AWG 10 will be dissippated through the connected devices, but you really don't have the ability to easily make that determination. The 50A breaker could allow the wiring to operate beyond either the rating of the wiring itself, or at least the terminations on the connected devices. Not Kosher.

 

[WinterDeere]

I was watching my counter installed by PPL. It's one of those remote controlled showing different values, incl. kwh, kw, etc. Kw value is cumulative so every night it shows max for a day. Next day it starts over.
For a week with AC on never above 5200-5600 w. Wondering if this meter catches picks when electric motors start

See Emporia Vue. I have a half dozen of these systems scattered among our 8 breaker panels in this old house. Allows independent monitoring of every circuit, if you really want to go that far, on time scales ranging from seconds to weeks.

 

[DarkBlack]

They seem pretty proud of the 9AWG multi-strand cable, and claim pure copper. I don’t see any compelling reason to believe it’s not 9 AWG sized.
9 AWG is non existent in normal building wiring, but it certainly exists in multi-strand specialty cables, despite some saying to the contrary.

 

[WinterDeere]

They seem pretty proud of the 9AWG multi-strand cable, and claim pure copper. I don’t see any compelling reason to believe it’s not 9 AWG sized.
9 AWG is non existent in normal building wiring, but it certainly exists in multi-strand specialty cables, despite some saying to the contrary.

AWG 9 does exist, or more commonly metric approximate equivalents thereof (e.g. 6 mm2). But OP stated it was labeled AWG 10:

The problem is 10 awg cable. 10 awg supposed to support 30 Amp.

 

[alexinPA]

AWG 9 does exist, or more commonly metric approximate equivalents thereof (e.g. 6 mm2). But OP stated it was labeled AWG 10:

The title says 9 awg (see picture) but description says 10

 

[WinterDeere]

In that case, this all makes much more sense. 6 mm2 wire (approx. AWG-9) is indeed rated 50 A for up to 3 wires in a bundle with 90C insulation and terminations. That is probably why the manufacturer rated it as such.

 

[DarkBlack]

The title says 9 awg (see picture) but description says 10

I don’t see 10 awg anywhere. It states 9 awg in three different places

AC Power Meter, 50 Amp, 120V/240V, NEMA 14-50 Digital Display, LCD Multimeter with 1.3ft Cable 9AWG Cable: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

AC Power Meter, 50 Amp, 120V/240V, NEMA 14-50 Digital Display, LCD Multimeter with 1.3ft Cable 9AWG Cable: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

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