The Ultimate Guide to Wire Sizes What You Need to Know #wire #gauges #guide #diy

Yeah I figured it was about time to have a little lesson on wire size or the American wire gauge that we see a lot It depends on what a device is going to utilize as to how big the wire is going to be how much power it needs So it starts off with these smaller numbers and it actually runs backwards so it gets to a certain point down here and then it starts climbing again So that one right there is 18 So next step is 14 And you can see it's a little bit bigger than that 18 That's our 14.2 Also familiar with this you seem like we always run that in the kitchen and other places We want that larger size that 12 gauge that can handle 20 amps Cool So moving on to the orange Dryers maybe your outdoor air conditioning unit maybe a small oven in the kitchen So what's going to happen is certain appliances use a certain amount of power So that's our eight We're going to use this for an electric oven maybe a level two car charger That's where these are going to come in So this this is something much larger I mean it's a little unusual more of a commercial or industrial application And you'll be good All right.