14/4 wire?

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joekwon80

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joe
I've been to lowes and home depot and can't seem to find 14/4 wire. I just joined this site because I picked up a great deal off craigslist and have been refurbishing a Unisaw. I got down to rewiring and come to find that I CAN'T find 14/4 wire.

Anyone have any laying around that would sell me a few feet?

--Joe
 

Cato

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Bob
Joe,
14 would refer to the gauge and the 4 would be how many wires inclosed in a strand, usually including a ground as well if I am not mistaken.

Why not just buy the 14 gauge wire in separate colors for your color coding and go from there??

You could always try an electrical supply house as they would have more specialized stuff than a big box store.
 

joekwon80

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joe
Yeah that was going to be my last resort option. I was going to buy 4 strands and just wrap it in some tubing but I wanted to try to find the wire whole before I went that route. Do they sell flame retardant tubing?
 

Phil S

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Joe, Both big box stores will have 14-3 sj cable, which is actually 14-4 if you count the ground The cable will have a black, red, white and green wire sheathed in a rubber outer casing.
hope this helps
 

joekwon80

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joe
Yeah I thought that they would have the 14/3 with the ground too. All they had was 14/3 that had 3 cables inside black/white/green no red.
 

Phil S

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Sorry, I assumed that sj cable was labeled much like nm or mc cable where 14-3 would have 4 wires. I just went out to my scrap pile and found two 8' lengths of 12-4 sj cable if you cannot find it closer
 

ScottM

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FlyingRon

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Ron
Just to clarify for the confused. What he wants is cord NOT NM cable. The cord includes the ground in the conductor count (14-4 is the proper nomenclature). Cable does not (14/3 would be three current carrying conductors PLUS ground).
 

Charles Lent

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If you are refurbishing a 3hp Unisaw you should be looking for 12 ga and not 14 ga wire. Why are you looking for 4 conductor cable? 3 hp Unisaws run on 240 volt power and don't require Neutral (unless you have added something to the saw that requires 120 volts), so you should be able to use 3 conductor cable. You just put some black or red tape on the ends of the white wire to change it's color code and then use it plus the original black wire to run the 240 volts to the saw. Of course, the third conductor is green and it remains as the ground. Changing the color code this way is permitted
by the National Electric Code. If 4 conductor cable is what you really want, any electrical supply should carry it. You won't find it at Lowes or Home Depot.

Charley
 

FlyingRon

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Ron
Actually, Type SO cordage 14g is good up to 18A when there are only two current carrying conductors, but that is likely still too small (3HP is right on the fence there, depending on the motor).
 

scsmith42

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Scott Smith
Just to clarify for the confused. What he wants is cord NOT NM cable. The cord includes the ground in the conductor count (14-4 is the proper nomenclature). Cable does not (14/3 would be three current carrying conductors PLUS ground).


Ron, as usual you are correct. My local CES carries SJOW cord that would be suitable for this purpose.

This cord is also used for wiring 3-phase equipment, so a commercial electrical supply house usually has it.
 
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