I am going to put in a 10000 BTU, 3000 watt, 240 electric fireplace. I will be using about 15 to 20 feet of 12/3 wire with a 2 pole 20 amp breaker. Would that be a problem?
Thanks
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I am going to put in a 10000 BTU, 3000 watt, 240 electric fireplace. I will be using about 15 to 20 feet of 12/3 wire with a 2 pole 20 amp breaker. Would that be a problem?
Thanks
Nope: 3000/240 * 1.25 < 20 or expressed another way
And 3000/240 < 0.8 * 20
The 1.25 is a rating factor for continuous loads. It's close.
1.25 is 1/0.8
I didn't perform a voltage drop calculation, but it should be fine.
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