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- Wire Derating Explained: Ambient Temperature and Conductor Bundling
Six 12 AWG conductors at 40 °C derate to 21.84 A and hold a 20 A breaker. Start from the wrong temperature column and you get 17.60 A - and upsize a circuit that was already legal.
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- 04 Aug, 2026
Wire Derating Explained: Ambient Temperature and Conductor Bundling
Six 12 AWG conductors at 40 °C derate to 21.84 A and hold a 20 A breaker. Start from the wrong temperature column and you get 17.60 A - and upsize a circuit that was already legal.
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