AC Power Question

My situation is a 15yr old house governed by Canadian electrical code, which is for the most part consistent with the US NEC. The reason the builder used 14/3 for those branch circuits was purely economics based. In Canadian electrical code, a clothes washer circuit is only required to be 15 amp. Should it be on its own? - yes! Should it be 12/2 instead? - yes! But, the reality is this house was built in a large development project, and they didn’t do things to meet ideals, they based every decision on the bottom line. One fine day, I will get around to running a dedicated 12/2 for that clothes washer. As an intermediate stage, I removed the lighting circuit from the other leg of that 14/3 and put it on a dedicated 14/2, which has improved the lifespan of lightbulbs. 

Imagine the old electrical tube and knob bungalows. Technology sure has taken us to another level.

I use Acoustic Revive EE 2.6 solid copper 10g. in wall cable to Furutech GTX R NCF outlets for the digital front end, preamp & amp each have there own seperate 8 g. solid core copper to Furutech GTX R NCF outlets, this is a huge improvement over standard Rominex 10g. stranded wire especially with the amp and preamp having there own separate dedicated lines.

tecknik151 posts01-25-2019 8:13pm

I use Acoustic Revive EE 2.6 solid copper 10g. in wall cable

I don’t think that cable could be used in the USA for in wall branch circuit wiring. Is the cable NRTL safety testing Listed? Such as UL?
https://www.osha.gov/dts/otpca/nrtl/nrtl_faq.html

Acoustic Revive EE 2.6 solid copper 10g. in wall cable
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Acoustic-Revive-EE-F-S-2-6-mm-PC-TripleC-power-cable-2-00m-NEW-/17365209792...

this is a huge improvement over standard Rominex 10g. stranded wire

I couldn’t find anything on " Rominex 10g. stranded wire".
Here in the US we have Romex 10ga solid copper wire.
(Romex is a registered Trade Mark Name product of NM sheathed cable.) (NM, Non Metallic)
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Southwire-By-the-Foot-10-2-Solid-Romex-SIMpull-CU-NM-B-W-G-Wire-28829099...

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I don't know if its NRTL tested or if it can be used in the US, Ive been living in Vietnam for 8 years now, I left the states 22 years ago and have no idea whats allowed or not allowed as far has electrical code.

The ebey link does not show the proper EE 2.6, ( I only see two internal wires)  all the EE 2.6 I have seen or purchased came with three internal wires, neg,pos, grnd.

I meant Romex, I think 10g solid is fine for digital gear but for analog 8g. solid made a noticeable improvement.