Re: Wire size?
Thanks everyone for the replies. My question wasn't so much as to the wire size for the outlet as it was for the internal wiring within the oven.
For the outlet my intent is to use 10 ga wire and a 30 amp breaker(per NEC). I'm thinking that within the oven I could use 14 or 12ga hi temp wire. The wire from McMaster is rated 55 amps for 14ga and 75 amps 12 ga(with some de-rating if multiple conductors or within conduit).
From what I have been able to research there is a difference between the requirements for house wiring using the NEC and chassis wiring which is what I believe would apply to wiring within the oven.
Even regular 14 ga wire has a chassis rating around 32 amps from what I've seen in various tables.
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