[sdiy] Wire gauge vs resistance

[Magnus Danielson]

From: harrybissell <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Wire gauge vs resistance
Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 17:03:27 -0400
Message-ID: <4275441E.83B38850 at prodigy.net>

> Hi Magnus

Hi Harry,

> what do YOU know about 26ga wire ???   :^P

We use it for patch-work at work. Don't you?

> I run 2000A through a 26ga wire all the time.  You can't even GET
> that much current through the wire (its resistance is too high) the best I've
> done is 100A through the wire (for 10us... oh yeah you DID mention time, didn't
> you :^).

I *did* ;O) I also recommended not to push 1kA, didn't I? ;O)

> This is to test that the power supply will shut down if shorted. The wire does not
> 
> even get warm. Should the shut down fail, it gets 'open' instead

Ah, the nice combination of a short and fuse! ;O)

Cheers,
Magnus