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a metal outlet box has 27 cubic inches and contains a total of six 12 awg wires. how many 10 awg conductors may be added to the box?

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The maximum number of 10 AWG conductors you can add to the box is 4 with some space left over.

Each 12 AWG wire has a volume of 2.25 cubic inches, so the six wires take up a total of 6 * 2.25 = 13.5 cubic inches.

This leaves 27 - 13.5 = 13.5 cubic inches of space for additional wires.

Each 10 AWG wire has a volume of 2.5 cubic inches, so you can add 13.5 / 2.5 = 5.4 additional wires to the box.

However, according to the National Electrical Code (NEC), you can only fill an electrical box to 80% of its capacity.

This means you can add a maximum of 0.8 * 13.5 = 10.8 cubic inches of additional wires to the box.

Therefore, the maximum number of 10 AWG conductors you can add to the box is 10.8 / 2.5 = 4 with some space left over.

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