In Reply to: is it safe to pass 2.55amperes along a 20AWG teflon hook-up wire? posted by jarthel on April 16, 2007 at 23:48:22:
....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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