From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Sat Jun 18 2005 - 10:38:53 PDT
As I remember the NEC wire sizing is based on allowable voltage drop in 120 Volt
systems. The allowable voltage drop in a 12 Volt system, at a given current,
would be much less, hence the requirement for a larger wire size.
e.g.: A 12 V = 10% of 12 V but 1% 0f 120 V
-John
MV wrote:
> The chassis amps numbers in that chart looks reasonable. The power
> delivery amps is way way off. Even the NEC is much less conservative
> than those numbers.
>
> Dave
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