[TCML] wire gage

[bunnykiller]

Hey David...

when you were setting up your piggie coil, did you by chance take a look 
inside the pig and notice the size of the wires leading to the "output" 
insulators?  Its been a few years since I have opened mine up and I was 
trying to remember about what size the wires were...  for some reason I 
want to think they were about a #6 in dia.

Dr. Res...  you deal alot with piggies...  maybe you can recall the size 
seen in most 10KVA units...

Scot D



David Rieben wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Yes, I agree with Gary here. The total volt-amps of a conductor has
> no baring on the current only carrying capacity of a condutor. It's 
> strict-
> ly a matter of amperage vs the cross-section and the conducting material
> that determines the required conductor size. That's why multiple mega-
> watts can be transported via a relatively conductors for hundreds
> of miles through power transmission lines. The ROC does become an
> issue with very high voltages and requires a certain size OD of the con-
> ductor to hold down corona losses. However, 10 amps current flow
> at 50 volts requires no more cross section of a given conductor than
> would 10 amps at 50,000 volts!
>
> David
>
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