mark32
Senior Member
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- Currently in NJ
I had to disagree with an electrician today that has many more years experience than I do. He was trying to fit #6 onto a lighting contactors terminal, which wasn't happening. So he was looking for a lug that would work. The lugs he found were just a bit too big, then his phone rang. While he was talking I grabbed a crimp on lug for #8, which looked like it would fit in the terminal's recess. When he finished his call I showed him what I had, but scoffed at the idea of reducing the #6 to #8 because it would create too much VD. I said you're only going to use like 6" of #8. He said no way because it's at the beginning of the circuit, it would be different if it were at the end of the run. I didn't calculate 6" of #8 on a 200' run with a 20 amp load, but I can't imaging there would be a concernable difference at the load(s). What do you say?