Take his word for it!!! Craig knows wire!!! :)
Joe
Craig Smith wrote:
>
> You might want to go take a look at my web site for amperage listing for SAE
> We took this right from the SAE Book J-378
> This should help.
> http://www.iewc.com/TechAllAmp.htm
>
> Also take a look at the following and you might find some more of those
> electrical questions.
>
> http://www.iewc.com/Technical.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carter Shore [mailto:clshore@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 3:33 PM
> To: flinters; Ptegler
> Cc: Terry Thompson; spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Amperage/Gauge list ( too many numbers to care :-) )
>
> Folks,
> AC current tends to travel on the surface of the
> conductors at higher frequencies (>1 Mhz), but not DC.
>
> It's the cross sectional area that determines DC
> current handling (conveniently expressed in circular
> mils as I recall).
> The multistranding serves to make the cable more
> flexible, easier to terminate, and also to allow
> manufacturers to build up a variety of larger cables
> from the same smaller stock wire.
>
> Carter Shore
>
> --- flinters <flinters@picarefy.com> wrote:
> >
> > Voltage drops are often a killer in most automotive
> > electrical systems. A
> > good ground, and I mean a ground where you've
> > attached a cable from the
> > battery to the chassis which has been scraped free
> > of paint and crud, is
> > essential. And then another to the block such as
> > the starter mounting
> > bolts. I personally run a cable from battery to
> > chassis, then two more
> > from chassis to starter and one to the body tub.
> > Since this carries all
> > the power of the entire car, you want good solid
> > grounds.
> >
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