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Should You Be ONLY Using 12/2? When Can You Use 14/2?

When it comes to using NM cable to wire a house, there are 2 general camps that contractors fall into. Those that wire the house in 14/2 and those that will wire the house entirely in 12/2. But which is the correct way to do it? In today’s episode of Electrician U, Dustin dives into this topic and gives us some explanations and tips on doing it correctly. 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - Which one do I use? 02:05 - Parallel Circuits 08:25 - Conclusion 🤘⚡️EU Learning System⚡️🤘 For Individuals --- https://electricianu.com/learning-sys... For Businesses --- https://electricianu.com/learning-sys... -Video courses on every side of the electrical trade (theory, code, safety, wiring, install, troubleshooting, leadership, and more) -Practice exams for 2017, 2020, 2023 code -YouTube videos categorized and searchable -Audio lessons -Forum -Business version has admin portal and ability to assign learning to technicians and monitor progress -Any business size from 2 techs to 2,000! 🎓💡CONTINUING EDUCATION💡🎓 Sign up here --- https://electricianu.com/continuing-e... -State Approved -Video Based ✍📝PRACTICE EXAMS📝✍ Get them here --- https://www.electricianu.com/electric... -2017, 2020, and 2023 NEC versions -Online Residential Wireman Exam -Online Journeyman Exam -Online Master Exam -300 Question Online Code Cannon (not license specific, all code) -Take as many times as you want -All of the above come with printable PDFs 🎤🎧PODCAST🎧🎤 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7ldCwdx... Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 📱👍SOCIALS👍📱 TikTok -   / electricianu   Instagram -   / electrician_u   Facebook -   / theelectricianu   Reddit -   / electricianu   Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/ElectricianU Discord -   / discord   🎧🎹Music, Editing, and Videography by Drake Descant and Rob LeBlanc🎹🎧 #electrician #electrical #electricity So, the initial response to this question is to check with your Local AHJ (electrical inspector) to find out their requirements and the requirements of the jurisdiction you are working in. The inspector will have the final say of what they are willing to inspect. The current electrical code (2023 NEC is the most recent, however, many jurisdictions are still using the 2020 NEC) is also a resource to be referenced. Articles 240.4, 210.21 and 310.16 are great articles governing circuitry and wire sizing. Something to keep in mind is that type NM cable falls under the 60-degree rating, and not the 75-degree rating used in most commercial wiring. The next, and most practical, explanation of what to use to wire a house would be the circuitry type itself. In recent discussions on Electrician U, we have covered Series wiring and Parallel wiring. From those discussions, we have deduced that (for amperage) on a series circuit, amperage is the total of ALL the loads, and that amperage is throughout the entire circuit. This is because we must travel THROUGH one load to get to the next load. But, on a parallel circuit, the amperage is in direct relation to the resistance of the particular load within each leg, and the combined amperage of everything that is on the entire circuit is only on the conductors that are feeding. This is where we will focus on some options we have (again, depending on what our local AHJ will accept). LED lighting draws considerably less amperage than its incandescent/fluorescent counterparts. So, while installing 12/2 NM cable from the panel throughout the power portion of the circuit, once we leave the load side of the switch, that can be run in 14/2 since amperage draw is less. Consider this circuit- let’s say we have a parallel circuit with one receptacle feeding a 5a load, a second circuit feeding an 8a load, a light switch that was controlling 4 LED can lights at 1a, and a 3rd receptacle at the end completing our circuit. With the first 5a load running, the amperage draw would be 5a from the breaker through our load. Once we started our second 8a load, the conductors around that load would be drawing 8a but where they enter the circuit conductors “feeding” the other loads, the amperage draw is 13a. If we added the 4 can lights, those feeding conductors are drawing 14a now, but those on the load side of the switch are only drawing 1a! So, as long as the local AHJ accepts it, many contractors will run 12/2 conductors throughout the receptacle circuit and up to the line side of the switch, and swap over to 14/2 for the load side of the switch throughout the lighting portion. Over the course of a large home (or many smaller homes added together), the cost/labor savings can be substantial!