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50-ft 6 / 2 / Romex SIMpull Solid Indoor CU NM-B W/G Individual pack ( By-the-roll )

Southwire 50-ft 6 / 2 / Romex SIMpull Solid Indoor CU NM-B W/G Individual pack ( By-the-roll )

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Is the ground wire in addition to the two conductors, or is it one of them?


Hi, happy to help! For 6/2 Romex® SIMpull® NM‑B w/ ground, the ground wire is in addition to the two insulated conductors — it is not one of them. Southwire’s NM‑B spec sheet shows 6/2 as: Two insulated 6 AWG conductors, plus One bare ground wire included in the cable assembly. If we can help in any other way, please reach out to us at consumersupport@southwire.com.

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ALL NM-B cable has a ground wire although it isn't counted. The cable you are asking about is 6-2 NM-B cable. It has two #6 insulated conductors and one #10 bare ground wire for a total of 3 wires. This cable has a typical residential use for 240 volt circuits such as for electric heat or a large central air conditionoing condenser and/or heat pump. 6-3 is used when you need a 120/240 volt circuit with a neutral conductor such as for an electric range. 6-3 NM-B cable has three insulated conductors and also has a #10 bare ground wire for a total of 4 wires.

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Typically for Romex wire (insulated conductors inside a plastic sheaf with a paper liner) when it says 'with ground' that is in addition to the other wires already specified. For instance 12/2 would have only 2 wires. 12/2 with ground would have 3 wires.

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Wire is rated by the number of power carrying conductors. The ground wire (the bare copper wire) is not counted as a conductor. Many 220 volt plugs have 4 prongs 2 "hot" legs at 110 volts each, usually red and black, a "common" wire, usually white, and the ground wire (the bare wire). If the plug you are wiring is like that, you would need a x-3 cable where x would represent the gauge of the wire (example 10-3). In the case of some A/C units that use a 3 prong 220 plug you would need an x-2 cable (example 10-2) where you have 2 conductors carrying 100 volts each and a ground wire. Usually x-2 cable contains a black, white and a ground (bare) wire. Common practice is to wrap some black electric tape around the white wire near the.electric panel connection at the breaker, and on the end of the white wire in the box where the plug is wired, so that the next guy into the plug or panel knows that the white wire is being used as a hot wire. White is usually used as a common not as a hot wire.

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