Thunderchild
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I'm planning on winding some inductors to carry 3 A, what thickness wire should i use ?
I'm planning on winding some inductors to carry 3 A, what thickness wire should i use ?
AMPS AWG
1 22.3
2 19.3
3 17.6
4 16.3
5 15.4
6 14.6
7 13.9
8 13.3
9 12.8
10 12.4
11 12.0
12 11.6
13 11.2
14 10.9
15 10.6
16 10.3
17 10.1
18 9.8
19 9.6
20 9.4
Mr. Al, the table, 20 amps gets a #8 or #10 awg wire, in my opinion, that's way to heavy. National electrical code says #12 for 20 amps and 10 is good for 30 amps for building cods and on other table in the code book, they are good for much higher currents.
Thunderchild, On your inductor, how many henrys are you trying for and what formulas are you using and how are you building them? Sounds like an interesting endeavor!
Thanks,
Kinarfi
Here's a some tables from NEC
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