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  2. "Sorry, but there's no way that that cable is rated to safely carry 300 amps."

    "How do you know that?"

    "Well, for one thing, I can bend it."

    #copper #ampacity #overload #electricity

  3. "Sorry, but there's no way that that cable is rated to safely carry 300 amps."

    "How do you know that?"

    "Well, for one thing, I can bend it."

    #copper #ampacity #overload #electricity

  4. "Sorry, but there's no way that that cable is rated to safely carry 300 amps."

    "How do you know that?"

    "Well, for one thing, I can bend it."

    #copper #ampacity #overload #electricity

  5. "Sorry, but there's no way that that cable is rated to safely carry 300 amps."

    "How do you know that?"

    "Well, for one thing, I can bend it."

    #copper #ampacity #overload #electricity

  6. "Sorry, but there's no way that that cable is rated to safely carry 300 amps."

    "How do you know that?"

    "Well, for one thing, I can bend it."

    #copper #ampacity #overload #electricity

  7. @mattblaze

    Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.

    It's not a human hair - but it does intuitively feel like too much.

    We'll probably get used to it. And only see houses go up in flames once in a while because some cheap non-UL-rated cable got purchased from a shady dealer...

    (I know Matt doesn't need to be told any of this, it's just for the thread...)

    #AWG #ampacity

  8. @mattblaze

    Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.

    It's not a human hair - but it does intuitively feel like too much.

    We'll probably get used to it. And only see houses go up in flames once in a while because some cheap non-UL-rated cable got purchased from a shady dealer...

    (I know Matt doesn't need to be told any of this, it's just for the thread...)

    #AWG #ampacity

  9. @mattblaze

    Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.

    It's not a human hair - but it does intuitively feel like too much.

    We'll probably get used to it. And only see houses go up in flames once in a while because some cheap non-UL-rated cable got purchased from a shady dealer...

    (I know Matt doesn't need to be told any of this, it's just for the thread...)

    #AWG #ampacity

  10. @mattblaze

    Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.

    It's not a human hair - but it does intuitively feel like too much.

    We'll probably get used to it. And only see houses go up in flames once in a while because some cheap non-UL-rated cable got purchased from a shady dealer...

    (I know Matt doesn't need to be told any of this, it's just for the thread...)

    #AWG #ampacity

  11. @mattblaze

    Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.

    It's not a human hair - but it does intuitively feel like too much.

    We'll probably get used to it. And only see houses go up in flames once in a while because some cheap non-UL-rated cable got purchased from a shady dealer...

    (I know Matt doesn't need to be told any of this, it's just for the thread...)

    #AWG #ampacity

  12. @robsonfletcher

    Oh, and a wire rated to carry that many amps from the electrical utility to your home will need a cross-sectional area of two million circular mils of pure copper.

    Yes, it's a crazy traditional unit. In more modern terms, it's over a thousand square millimeters. Good luck!

    #ampacity #kiloampere #electrical #service #whoa

  13. @robsonfletcher

    Oh, and a wire rated to carry that many amps from the electrical utility to your home will need a cross-sectional area of two million circular mils of pure copper.

    Yes, it's a crazy traditional unit. In more modern terms, it's over a thousand square millimeters. Good luck!

    #ampacity #kiloampere #electrical #service #whoa

  14. @robsonfletcher

    Oh, and a wire rated to carry that many amps from the electrical utility to your home will need a cross-sectional area of two million circular mils of pure copper.

    Yes, it's a crazy traditional unit. In more modern terms, it's over a thousand square millimeters. Good luck!

    #ampacity #kiloampere #electrical #service #whoa

  15. @robsonfletcher

    Oh, and a wire rated to carry that many amps from the electrical utility to your home will need a cross-sectional area of two million circular mils of pure copper.

    Yes, it's a crazy traditional unit. In more modern terms, it's over a thousand square millimeters. Good luck!

    #ampacity #kiloampere #electrical #service #whoa

  16. @robsonfletcher

    Oh, and a wire rated to carry that many amps from the electrical utility to your home will need a cross-sectional area of two million circular mils of pure copper.

    Yes, it's a crazy traditional unit. In more modern terms, it's over a thousand square millimeters. Good luck!

    #ampacity #kiloampere #electrical #service #whoa