alt.energy.homepower

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:22:38 -0400, "Mike Payne"
wrote:

>I guess it's my job to disagree with most of the other posters. 15A
>circuits let you work with 14 gauge wire. It is orders of magnitude easier
>to wire outlets and lights with 14 rather than 12. I use 12 only for
>workshops and kitchens where they might actually be needed.

That makes 2 of us. A friend tried to talk me into using #12 for
everything (as he'd done at his own place). When I told him that the
bulk of the long runs were one light per circuit, and that nearly all
of them would be 12W CFs, he started the "what about the next guy"
angle. Sheesh! If there's a next guy, and if he wants to use 150W
bulbs, and if he thinks that'll stress the #14, then too bad. :-)

Wayne