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Posted by RayV on September 15, 2006, 8:57 pm
nhurst wrote:
> I've got an older house with old 2 conductor wiring in place that I'm
> working on upgrading. The rooms next on the rewiring list have a
> combination of overhead and underfloor supplied outlets and I'd like
> them on the same breakers if possible, so I have some questions to put
> to the group to add in to my consideration:
>
> 1) Should I run my under-house wiring in conduit or is just the plain
> Romex good enough? I'm currently leaning toward running it through
> conduit, to ease future replacement/repair if it's ever needed. I'm
> thinking about the thinwall 3/4" galvanized pipe that I can bend with a
> regular pipe bender. I'm anticipating only 1 12/2 wire per pipe.
>
> 2) Since my rooms have a mix of under floor and overhead supplied
> outlets, can I wire both sets up to the same AFCI breaker in my central
> breaker box? Some of the other breakers I've installed have the screw
> down plate with 2 bumps on it (like this: n_n (where the "n" represents
> the bump and the screw penetrates through the "_")). I've done searches
> on the archives here, but I saw many mixed responses, so I wasn't sure
> what the current rules allowed, and I haven't installed an AFCI
> breaker, so I'm hoping someone who has can answer that question (BTW my
> breaker box is Square D).
>
> Thanks for any responses!
>
> -Nathan
I don't have a copy of the NEC but I think you can only put individual
wires through conduit not romex.
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