or, what size wire do I need to use when wiring my machine?
Load Carrying Capacities or ampacities
In part from Reference Data for Engineers: Radio, Electronics, Computer and Communications 7th Ed
Max ambient 60C
Code:
CU Max CU Max
AWG Dia Inch Cir Mil Dia cm Area lb ohms Ohms free-air enclosed
Inch^2 /kft /kft /km Amps Amps
32 0.008 63.2 0.020 4.964E-05 0.19 199.587 654.613 0.53 0.32
30 0.010 100.5 0.025 7.894E-05 0.30 125.521 411.690 0.86 0.52
28 0.013 159.8 0.032 1.255E-04 0.48 78.941 258.915 1.4 0.83
26 0.016 254.1 0.040 1.996E-04 0.77 49.647 162.833 2.2 1.3
24 0.020 404.0 0.051 3.173E-04 1.22 31.223 102.407 3.5 2.1
22 0.025 642.4 0.064 5.046E-04 1.94 19.636 64.404 7.0 5.0
20 0.032 1,021.5 0.081 8.023E-04 3.09 12.349 40.504 11.0 7.5
18 0.040 1,624.3 0.102 1.276E-03 4.92 7.767 25.473 16 10
16 0.051 2,582.7 0.129 2.028E-03 7.82 4.884 16.020 22 13
14 0.064 4,106.7 0.163 3.225E-03 12.43 3.072 10.075 32 17
12 0.081 6,529.9 0.205 5.129E-03 19.77 1.932 6.336 41 23
10 0.102 10,383.0 0.259 8.155E-03 31.43 1.215 3.985 55 33
8 0.128 16,509.7 0.326 1.297E-02 49.98 0.764 2.506 73 46
6 0.162 26,251.4 0.412 2.062E-02 79.46 0.481 1.576 101 60
4 0.204 41,741.3 0.519 3.278E-02 126.35 0.302 0.991 135 80
2 0.258 66,371.3 0.654 5.213E-02 200.91 0.190 0.623 181 100
1 0.289 83,692.7 0.735 6.573E-02 253.34 0.151 0.494 211 125
0 0.325 105,534.5 0.825 8.289E-02 319.46 0.120 0.392 245 150
00 0.365 133,076.5 0.927 1.045E-01 402.83 0.095 0.311 283 175
000 0.410 167,806.4 1.040 1.318E-01 507.96 0.075 0.247 328 200
0000 0.460 211,600.0 1.168 1.662E-01 640.53 0.060 0.196 380 225
Robotic regards,
Tom
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