"G.R. Patterson III" writes:




Two 12ga wires should be adequate; one is not. As kontiki said, the maximum
steady load for a 12ga wire is 20 amps.

FYI: as a rule-of-thumb; 2 parallel 'n' gauge wires are roughly
equal to one n-3 wire.

In other words, two #12's ~= one #9.


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