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Posted by on May 11, 2008, 11:30 pm
Why don't they make 4 wire Romex (plus ground).
There are many 2 or 3 way switch circuits that need 4 wires plus the
ground. 3 wire is all they sell. I can think of other cases where I
could use 4 wires too. For example, I had to run two common strands
of romex to a double light switch that also feeds an outlet. Two
switched wires, one hot, one neutral. That's 4 wires. So now I have
an illegal white wire controlling a light from a switch. Why not 4
wire romex with black, red, blue, and white. (patriotic too).
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Posted by Abe on May 12, 2008, 12:04 am
>Why don't they make 4 wire Romex (plus ground).
>There are many 2 or 3 way switch circuits that need 4 wires plus the
>ground. 3 wire is all they sell. I can think of other cases where I
>could use 4 wires too. For example, I had to run two common strands
>of romex to a double light switch that also feeds an outlet. Two
>switched wires, one hot, one neutral. That's 4 wires. So now I have
>an illegal white wire controlling a light from a switch. Why not 4
>wire romex with black, red, blue, and white. (patriotic too).
Go to a real electrical supply house. They'll have it or can get it.
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Posted by on May 12, 2008, 1:48 pm
>>Why don't they make 4 wire Romex (plus ground).
>>There are many 2 or 3 way switch circuits that need 4 wires plus the
>>ground. 3 wire is all they sell. I can think of other cases where I
>>could use 4 wires too. For example, I had to run two common strands
>>of romex to a double light switch that also feeds an outlet. Two
>>switched wires, one hot, one neutral. That's 4 wires. So now I have
>>an illegal white wire controlling a light from a switch. Why not 4
>>wire romex with black, red, blue, and white. (patriotic too).
>
>Go to a real electrical supply house. They'll have it or can get it.
Home depot sells 12-2-2, I had my hand on a box today. $72 for 250'
It is red, black, white, white with a tracer. You can reidentify one
of the whites to any other "phase" color.
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Posted by LouB on May 12, 2008, 12:07 am
dannydee@nospam.com wrote:
> Why don't they make 4 wire Romex (plus ground).
> There are many 2 or 3 way switch circuits that need 4 wires plus the
> ground. 3 wire is all they sell. I can think of other cases where I
> could use 4 wires too. For example, I had to run two common strands
> of romex to a double light switch that also feeds an outlet. Two
> switched wires, one hot, one neutral. That's 4 wires. So now I have
> an illegal white wire controlling a light from a switch. Why not 4
> wire romex with black, red, blue, and white. (patriotic too).
I googled "4 wire" romex and got:
Results 1 - 10 of about 4,670 English pages for "4 wire" romex
This was from the third hit (part way down the page)
We have what I call 12/4 Romex. Red, Black, and 2 White in romex. We
use 3 or 4 wire home runs whenever we can.
www.BrooklineElectric.com
415-239-5393
John A. Peters, Electrician SF
japeters@pacbell.net
Lou
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Posted by John Grabowski on May 12, 2008, 6:27 am
> Why don't they make 4 wire Romex (plus ground).
> There are many 2 or 3 way switch circuits that need 4 wires plus the
> ground. 3 wire is all they sell. I can think of other cases where I
> could use 4 wires too. For example, I had to run two common strands
> of romex to a double light switch that also feeds an outlet. Two
> switched wires, one hot, one neutral. That's 4 wires. So now I have
> an illegal white wire controlling a light from a switch. Why not 4
> wire romex with black, red, blue, and white. (patriotic too).
There are two types available. 14/4 and 12/4 have the black, red, blue,
white, and bare ground. 14-2-2 and 12-2-2 have a black, white, red, white
with red stripe, and ground. You need to go to an electrical supply company
to buy this stuff.
http://www.southwire.com/ProductCatalog/XTEInterfaceServlet?contentKey=prodcatsheet6
You can also get 4 wire armored cable.
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