Novelty / Silly current carrying capacity post

[ColJack]

I vapoirised the side of a 600A busbar chamber once.. or rather the poor unfortunate mouse did...

took out half of the town as well as it tripped the 11KV switch that was also in the factories sub station...

 

[ricicle]

I vapoirised the side of a 600A busbar chamber once.. or rather the poor unfortunate mouse did...

took out half of the town as well as it tripped the 11KV switch that was also in the factories sub station...

Poor discrimination !......

 

[Spark123]

Either that or half the town had their electricity supply hooked up to the factory

 

[Lectrician]

Not as good as this I don't expect....


http://teslamania.delete.org/frames/frameindex.html

 

[securespark]

Let's start a 'my welder is bigger than yours competition'

-Dan

As long as you don't go comparing your "rod" sizes....

 

[toasty]

After the co-ax double socket post from last week, I'm going to test some coax, as I reckon that'll easily take 20amps without getting too warm.

 

[Chri5]

I bet the braid melts at 9A and the inner core at 17A

 

[toasty]

Really?

I reckon a good coax has more copper in the braiding than in the core.

Assuming the core is 1mm^2 I think it'll start getting hot at about 50 or so amps, but won't fail until 60 or so amps. (when I say fail I mean actually melt the copper)

-Dan

 

[Chri5]

But the braid is very fine strands, even if you twist it all up, further down the cable it's back to spread out braid around the entire cable.

This (I'd imagine) will cause instant problems and melt the braid at a low amp level.

You need to change your title and consider "Brainiac"

 

[tim west]

Oh Geez! get the ambulance ready

 

[plugwash]

strand size/arrangement, shouldn't really affect current carrying capactiry much if anything spreading the cores out should impove thier total capacity.

 

[st07]

This thread needed bumping, I want to see more things melting!

 

[Taylortwocities]

You are a bad, bad person for digging up a three-year old topic.

Here, take that

 

[securespark]

You are a bad, bad person for digging up a three-year old topic.

Here, take that

And you sir, are a bad, bad person for posting Emoticon porn....

 

[st07]

You are a bad, bad person for digging up a three-year old topic.

Here, take that

Shut up and post pictures of melting cables FOR GODS SAKE MAN