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tableclocks
Mar 27, 2008, 07:42 PM
follow up on my furnace....it has 2 240 60 amp brakers built in.....do i have to use 2 240 60 amp brakers in my 200 amp service panel? 6/3 wg wire? thats 2 lines of 6/3 wg from my panel to my furnace?....thank you

T-Top
Mar 27, 2008, 07:59 PM
Your system should have a rating plate telling you what you need. with 20 kw the heat strips will be around 84 amps the blower may pull around 5 or 6 amps.

Credendovidis
Mar 27, 2008, 08:02 PM
Yes # 6 copper is the proper size for a 60 amp breaker.
You mention 2 pcs 240 Volts 60 amps breakers.
That means two circuits each of 60 Amps at the furnace.
Which requires 2 sets of wires rated for 60 Amps (=6 copper) from the furnace breakers to the service panel. And on the panel 2 breakers of first available higher rating than 60 Amps.
Don't forget the earth wires.
Success.
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erjskashyap
Mar 28, 2008, 03:06 AM
Pl. tell me 0totel summary of close & open loop in HVAC.