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I need to threefer 6 2.4 kW dimmers (575 watt lamps). Each run from dimmer to lighting position is between 75' - 100'. This cool fancy table says that 12ga can only run 82' under a load of 15A. Unfortunately for me, I only have 12ga to work with. I'd really like to run one line from dimmer to position and threefer at the position. So a 75' cable would be ok, but not a 100', correct?
If I have to run 100' can I threefer at the dimmer and then run three 12ga cables to the position? I'm assuming that the load splits three times at the threefer so the 15A would turn into 5A per cable thus making a 100' 12ga cable ok?
I'd actually really like to run multi and then threefer from the breakout, but I'm not sure how to calculate the load on the cable. Lets say we are looking at 1 line in the multi. The multi runs 75' from dimmer to close to the position. We threefer at the breakout and then run 3 25' 12ga cables from the threefer to the position. Am I correct in assuming that the 75' multi run is ok because there is 15A per line and that's within acceptable boundaries; then we threefer at the end of the multi and the load breaks up into three 12ga lines each carrying 5A so the remaining 25' is within acceptable boundaries?
I hope that makes sense... It's late and I'm not sure I'm even making sense to myself anymore.
If I have to run 100' can I threefer at the dimmer and then run three 12ga cables to the position? I'm assuming that the load splits three times at the threefer so the 15A would turn into 5A per cable thus making a 100' 12ga cable ok?
I'd actually really like to run multi and then threefer from the breakout, but I'm not sure how to calculate the load on the cable. Lets say we are looking at 1 line in the multi. The multi runs 75' from dimmer to close to the position. We threefer at the breakout and then run 3 25' 12ga cables from the threefer to the position. Am I correct in assuming that the 75' multi run is ok because there is 15A per line and that's within acceptable boundaries; then we threefer at the end of the multi and the load breaks up into three 12ga lines each carrying 5A so the remaining 25' is within acceptable boundaries?
I hope that makes sense... It's late and I'm not sure I'm even making sense to myself anymore.