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Subject: [AMPS] Wire size
From: jdc@ieway.com (Jim)
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2000 11:32:16 -0800
Kinda hard to run 28 volt transistors in a 12 volt mobile environment isn't
it ???

73
Jim W7RY

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael McCarthy, W1NR <w1nr@eecorp.com>
To: rakefet@rakefet.com <rakefet@rakefet.com>; Amps reflector
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To: <amps@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, February 03, 2000 01:00
Subject: Re: [AMPS] Wire size


>
>Use size 0 or 1 AL or Cu, preferably 0 for long duty cycles at a full 120A.
>That's an awful lot of current for a solid state amp.  Most applications
>use 28V or preferably 50V transistors or modules for those power levels.
>
>Mike, W1NR
>
>Vic Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>> I'm going to power a solid state amp with about 120 amps of 13vdc.  I'll
need
>> about 6-8 feet of wire to get from the PS to the amp.  What wire size
should I
>> use?
>>
>> 73,
>> Vic, K2VCO
>> Fresno CA
>>
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