[rescue] I'm not an EE Q - clarification

[Larry Snyder]

That would be 'no thinner than'.
-ls-


lesliec at theplanet.com (Leslie Connally) wrote:
> this is what confused my small mind:
> 
> DC Supply and Ground Conductor
> The requirements are:
> o Suitable conductor material: tinned copper (stranded) only
> o Conductors: 12AWG maximum (between the Netra t1 Model 100 and the circuit
> breaker). There are three conductors:
> o -48VDC/-60VDC Supply (pin 1) (12 AWG)
> o Ground connection to power supply (pin 2) (12 AWG)
> o -48VDC/-60VDC Return (pin 3) (12 AWG)
> 
> my original question:
> 
> >sorry to ask this:
> >
> >"12 AWG maximum" means 'not thicker than', right?
> >
> >was googling before netscape crashed the mac.  I was remembering there is
> >a DC voltage-amp-length-gauge voltage drop thing to respect, right?
> >
> >Les
> 
> 
> not sure if this is: "12 AWG max will fit into connector"
> or "thinner wire will overheat"
> or  ????
> 
> its like the Saturday Night Live skit
> 
> "You cant have too water in a nuclear reactor"
> 
> 
> err
> "You *CANT HAVE* too much water in a nuclear reactor"
> "You *CANT* have *TOO MUCH* water in a nuclear reactor"
> You can never have too much water in a nuclear reactor
> You should never have too much water in a nuclear reactor
> 
> 
> 
> (guess which one the employees decided the supervisor meant before leaving
> on vacation?  heh heh)
> 
> its a resistance of wire thing yes? like a light bulb filament?
> 
> the wire thing is is generally:
> 
> thinner wire gets hotter ?
> longer wire gets hotter ?
> bigger amp load gets wire hotter ?
> longer wire drops voltage ?
> thinner wire drops voltage ? (is turning into heat?)
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