Wire Gauge Madness
Aug 2, 2004 at 2:02 PM Post #16 of 16
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Originally Posted by Garbz
ok while the purpose of this thread has worked, i have a followup question about the difference between Chassis Wiring and Power Transmission. It seems there are 2 different ratings being about 3.4A and 0.577A respectively.

What is each of them.

http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm



My understanding is that "Power Transmission" is the rating for maximum sustained DC current while "Chassis Wiring" is the rating for highest safe current on a short time scale.

I could be wrong.
 

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