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RE: There's two schools of thought.

I've been conducting some voltage measurements at different outlets in my place. There was quite a drop on one 15 amp circuit when I plugged in a 700 watt load (123 volts down to 115 volts). Then I noticed that the outlet was getting warm. Then I called the electrician....

Many outlets can be wired up by pushing wires into a hole in the back rather than twisting around a screw and then tightening down. This saves a little bit of time. Over years there can be corrosion and the resultant resistance, voltage drop and heat, including potential safety issue. The circuit in question had many outlets daisy-chained together and still has a significant voltage drop. So it seems obvious that that last 50 feet can matter, and it can even matter a lot, possibly even a matter of life and death...

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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