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Question by rayramos1964
Submitted on 3/9/2004
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I need to move my 220 outlet, about 10 feet. someone told me that i need to run a new line from the main box. is this true? can I just add 10 feet of wire to reach the new location?

Answer by D.Tiwari
Submitted on 4/7/2004
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By rule to reduce significant voltage drops resulting from increased resistances due to an increased length, you would run fresh wires of higher guage from main panel. A mere 10' increase would not merit this. The old outlet should be terminated and seal-off properly and connections from there to new outlet made safe and secured with grounding maintained.

Answer by jon
Submitted on 10/10/2004
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