Re: ampacity question

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Original poster: "Finn Hammer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <f-hammer-at-post5.tele.dk>

Bob, all!

5 amps/square mm is what I use, and it has worked well.

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "bob golding by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>
> 
> Hi all,
>     I have a question about current carrying capacity of magnet wire for
> a transformer secondary. I get different ratings from different web
> sites. Father toms table says the following.
> 28 awg=0.319A
> 30 awg=0.200A
> 32 awg=0.124A
> 34awg=0.0795A
> 
> Allen's home brew pig web site says
> 
> 28awg=761mA
> 30awg=477ma
> 32awg=304ma
> 34awg=187ma
> 
> anybody got any definitive numbers for a transformer secondary running
> under oil.?
> 
> cheers
> bob golding