[Rhodes22-list] sailing and lightning (long reply)

[John Lock]

At 11:55 AM 7/30/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>Here's a link to a table of copper wire ratings.  One of those 
>columns is "Fusing Current", which is defined as the amount of 
>current required to melt the conductor.  Notice that at AWG 5 (and 
>larger), no fusing current is given.  Now maybe that's because, in 
>most commercial applications, you're unlikely to get enough current 
>to melt it.  But for lightning protection purposes, it's worth noting.

Dang! I hate it when that happens -

http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG_SIze.html

Cheers!

John

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