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RE: Multiple 220v outlets

To: "Andy Poling" <andy@realbig.com>, "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>
Subject: RE: Multiple 220v outlets
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 03:50:11 -0700
> Now I'll have to check the book again tonight.  Can you tell me the
> chapter and verse of the NEC where it says that?  Maybe this changed
> recently.  (It wasn't that long ago that metal flex conduit didn't
> require a separate ground wire.)

Not only does it not say outlets can't be daisy-chained, duplex outlets
actually have a separate "pass-through" current rating, for how much current
can flow through the tabs.  Many have a 20 amp pass-through, which allows
15amp outlets to be daisy-chained on a 20 amp circuit.

Randall

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