Given: An outdoor Air Condition motor compressor has a name plate rated load of 24 amps and a branch circuit SELECTION of 30 amps. The branch circuit conductors are copper type NM. They are the only conductors in the circuit . What is the minimum size wire that can be used? Do not allow for temperature factor.

Given: An outdoor Air Condition motor compressor has a name plate rated load of 24 amps and a branch circuit SELECTION of 30 amps. The branch circuit conductors are copper type NM. They are the only conductors in the circuit . What is the minimum size wire that can be used? Do not allow for temperature factor.