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Wire size v/s current carrying capacity??

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wire current capacity

does any one readily have a chart of this.?
The current carrying capacity of different wire sizes like 1sqmm,1.5sqmm,2.5sqmm,6sqmm.... etc....
will be of great help.
 

wire current carrying capacity

The exact answer depends on many things, for example, if it is a wiring in a house or a transformer winding, the max temperature rise allowed, etc.

I propose you search a bit on Google. A search text to start with might be:

cu wire current capacity

-ted
 

current carrying capacity of wire

Hi cameo_2007,
There is a an empirical basis for determining the current front section of the conductor and it is conducive to that in section 1 square mm maximum current flow of 10 amps / voltage in the supply network of 220 volts /
 

current capacity of wire

Look up the NEC (National Electrical Code). This is what you want to go by. Temperature matters a lot. I'm sure it's on the pirate bay.
 

You might have to consider the frequency of the current as well (ac will have skinning effect so the surface area is that matters more... but for dc the whole wire matters)...

Try this: https://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm
 

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