THANKS GUYS,
Now bear with me a little longer,
this is a a gas fired washer with a couple of motors and a couple of timers in the control ,on it mfg.tag calls for full load of 22 amps and use a 30 amp fused disconnect ,I went 25 amp because of not knowing if mfg. tag is accurate .
Now my actual voltage is 245 volts across any 2 legs and 122 volts on 2 legs and 217 on high leg. the distance is exactly 425 feet
the reason I question using # 6 or even 8 at this distance is these guys say they have been running it on some # 12 without any problems all they have done is moved it down ,but they did show me where it had been hooked up at and even had a couple of lights tied on with it. distance is the same
Am not sure that they didn't have low voltage problems at the distance we are at.
So at this point am I understanding that I use the # 6 so that there is only the 5 percent drop and not short cut with smaller wire
