Questions tagged [wire-size]
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What wire to minimize my wiring loss?
(Please be gentle, I am a total novice when it comes to EE...)
I'm working on a design for an "off grid" setup. For... reasons (see comments and edit history, but those details are ...
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Is 12/2 UF wire suitable for a 500 foot circuit with four 400 watt heaters for watering troughs in various locations - 120 volt system?
12/2 UF wire buried in the ground.
500 feet
20 amp circuit
4 watering troughs that draw 400 watts each in various places throughout the circuit
500 feet being the last one
Is this wire suitable?
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Do I have to consider the wire gauge of common return?
I am planning on using a 9 core wire to control 8 solenoid valves. 8 for the positive and the 9th for the common return. This is my first time ever using multiple positive wires with a common return ...
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12 AWG galvanized steel high tensile wire okay for running 12 volt 7 A DC?
I need to run 12 VDC about 50' along a fence that already has several 12 gauge galvanized steel wires running on it. It is going to be pulling less than 7 A at most. I can make sure the lines are not ...
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Is heating the nichrome wire with phone battery possible?
I want an nichrome wire to heat instantly red hot when connected with phone battery using 2 copper wires. Do I need any extra circuit to convert the volts into current for heating? (H=I^2Rt)
Would ...
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Appropriate gauge wire for 12V 1 ampere power supply?
I am looking to power a Wineguard 12V antenna amplifier from a PC power supply, but I don't know what gauge wire is right. The run will be about 4 feet total (2 ft each direction) at 12V with a draw ...
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What is the correct wire size to run to a 12V 1.5 amp window blinds motor that is 47 feet from the DC transformer?
I read somewhere that an 18/2 wire could be used to connect a transformer to my window blinds motor (12V 1.5 amps). However, it didn't say anything about the distance. Since I am running it inside ...
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How to determine cross section of cable [duplicate]
I'm looking at this table that suggests a 0.5mm2 cable could withstand 720W at 3A.
At the same time I used a cable size calculator online to determine the size of cable I would need to use for a ...
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Could the terminal length of components like resistors be reduced? [closed]
When breadboarding the length of the wires on resistors (through-hole) is quite comfortable. The same holds for other components like diodes or capacitors. I presume the terminal length was made to ...
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What Dupont wires fit into pin machine headers?
I currently only have machine pin headers lying around.
However, none of my Dupont wires fit into them.
What sort of pre-made wire fit into these, and what are they named?
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4 pin connector is melting even with 5 volt and 0.1 amp power supply, Why?
I am using a connector as shown:
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I am using this to connect to my camera, which works at 5 volts and 0.1 Amp. But this connector works only for few days and then the plastic portion of the ...
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RV Off-Grid Electrical System Wire Gauge Sizing
I'm working on building a Tesla battery powered off-grid system in our Airstream 22FB Sport. The idea is to be able to run the 120V AC system from the 5.2KV Tesla battery which is with the existing ...
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In a 240 V "2-phase" wiring, how does current/amps get distributed?
It is my understanding that if I need to draw, for instance, 30 Amps from a 240 V circuit (Live-Live) then there will be 30 Amps running from both wires, not half and half. So, the AWG sizes for the ...
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Relation between Amps and Thickness of wires
I have some questions that have been bugging me for the past few days, and I am here in hope of some help.
My Understanding of how battery works: "The battery (say 9V DC) does not store charge, it ...
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What do hot/warm wires mean?
I am making an electrical fridge for a school project. I am using a 12v Peltier cooler and using a 12v 30a power supply. I have all the wiring and everything already set up, and no matter what I ...
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