American Wire Gauge

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CircuitsExplorer

Joined Oct 6, 2008
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Dear all,

May I know the following, with regards to the wire gauge:

- if I have a wire of AWG 11 that can support 10A at least, is it ok if I used wire of higher AWG, example AWG 15 or 16 but I place a bundle of them together.

- is the above configuration able to support the 10A current that will flow?

Best regards,
CircuitsExplorer
 

jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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Yes, you can combine smaller wires to carry more current. Check this reference, particularly the notes section as there are different standards.

John

Corrected link, unfortunately has Google advertisements
 
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jpanhalt

Joined Jan 18, 2008
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Sorry about that. Late night and I didn't notice anything but the Internet symbol. Here's a link that is not to my local disk. It is not quite as conservative in its ratings as the former link is.

John
 
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