alt.energy.homepower

wmbjkREMOVE@ wrote:
>
> 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

I have to disagree, I find the "workability" difference between 12 ga
and 14 ga virtually unnoticeable. 2 ga copper is a bit of a pain to deal
with, but much of anything below that is all the same to me.