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  • proper noun US A brand of NM electrical cable common in house wiring.
  • noun A system of bidding in bridge.

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Examples

  • If you install Romex cable in a conduit, there is a likelihood that it will overheat.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • Running Romex in a conduit would skew their calculations all to hell.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • If you install Romex cable in a conduit, there is a likelihood that it will overheat.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • I can imagine that it would be possible to get only one Romex cable into the red plastic conduits down here, if you were lucky.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • Romex cable is padded and intended to be installed in a conventional wall made of wood studs or under a floor or in an attic without the need for conduit.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • Running Romex in a conduit would skew their calculations all to hell.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • Romex cable is padded and intended to be installed in a conventional wall made of wood studs or under a floor or in an attic without the need for conduit.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • If you install Romex cable in a conduit, there is a likelihood that it will overheat.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • I can imagine that it would be possible to get only one Romex cable into the red plastic conduits down here, if you were lucky.

    Wiring Colors 2006

  • Running Romex in a conduit would skew their calculations all to hell.

    Wiring Colors 2006

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