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Joining different size cables
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<blockquote data-quote="binky" data-source="post: 544078" data-attributes="member: 490"><p>You don't see it often, but it's perfectly acceptable to have multiple cable sizes in a circuit. It's often done for longer cable runs to reduce voltage drop. What matters is that the OCPD is sized correctly for the smallest cable/ installation factors such as insulation.</p><p></p><p>Probably the most likely scenario you will encounter this is where an old cooker circuit has been reused to feed a socket ring cct in a kitchen. Known as a 'lollipop' cct by many.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="binky, post: 544078, member: 490"] You don't see it often, but it's perfectly acceptable to have multiple cable sizes in a circuit. It's often done for longer cable runs to reduce voltage drop. What matters is that the OCPD is sized correctly for the smallest cable/ installation factors such as insulation. Probably the most likely scenario you will encounter this is where an old cooker circuit has been reused to feed a socket ring cct in a kitchen. Known as a 'lollipop' cct by many. [/QUOTE]
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