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It's more a question of.......

....how hot do you want your wires to get?

#20AWG copper wire is roughly a 58Amp fuse. If you use the standard of 700 circular mills/amp then it's rated for about 1.5Amps.

Why not Google "wire ampacity" or try:

http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm
(Nice table and calculator for voltage drop.)

http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG_SIze.html
(Nice table including a teflon table at the bottom.)

Enjoy.

Pete.


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