You ll use yellow mainly as switch legs to fans structural lights and switched outlets.
Yellow coated electrical wire.
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The color of the sheathing indicates recommended.
There is a significant weight difference between the 14 and 12 gauge romex.
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These colors are used for the live wire pulled through conduit.
Compare this to the weight of yellow romex at 82 pounds.
Non metallic or nm 120 volt and 240 volt electrical cable come in two main parts.
White romex with two wires 14 2 weighs 57 pounds for every 1 000 feet of wire.
The outer plastic sheathing or jacket and the inner color coded wires the sheathing binds the inner wires together and its outer markings indicate the number of wires and size of wire gauge within the sheathing.
However older installed cable may not have this color coding.
For 12 2 and 107 pounds for 12 3 wire.
With three wires 14 3 the weight increases to 74 pounds.
In nonmetallic sheathed cable nm now purchased used for residential and commercial wiring the outer sheathing color indicates the wire gauge or size and amperage rating of the wire within.