Tommy Mac Discussions › Forums › Fix-it Forum: Home Improvement & Do It Yourself Repair Forum › Wire size mixing › ABSOLUTELY NO!
October 14, 2008 at 5:27 pm
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Unregistered-BillHartGuest
The code does not allow any down sizing of the wire for applications like this.
While it might not be a danger in this application I think that the reasoning is that at sometime in the future some one might try to extend the 20 amp circuit using #14 wire.