So i'm looking to get a plug extension for my Tv. The Tv wire plug is short which is connected to my power surge outlet. However. the outlet is hovering in the air because of the plug which is attached to my Tv on my tall furniture set. so I'm looking at Amazon and I see AWG (14, and 16). I don't know even what's American wire gauge and what number should i get. What does it mean and which number should i get out of the option that are given to me (14 & 16). Any help greatly appreciated.
Hi,
This is a purely academical question, I don't have an actual problem. I am just a random guy trying to understand the logic of the code. I'm trying to relate the "common known ledge" that a 15A circuit uses 14 gauge and a 20A circuit uses 12 gauge to what the code says.
Looking at table 2 of the Canadian Electrical Code (I think it's the same in the NEC?), I see that 14 gauge wire rated for 90°C should be able to handle 25A. Pretty much all wires at hardware stores are rated for 90°C, like this one.
So, given this, why do we use 12 gauge wire for 20A circuits? Is there another rule that applies that I don't see?
Thanks!
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As I mainly intend to use it fixed in my man cave, I would like to use the barrel connector.
I've already found out why all my 5.5mm barrel connectors didn't fit, as they were 2.1 mm.
Only my laptop PSU worked.
So now I want to order 5.5mm - 2.5mm. connectors and was wondering what AWG to order.
I'm going to order dual-core silicone. And my first guess would be 18AWG.
Does anyone have a better answer?
I'm not even 100% sure if I am staying in this house until the end of the year since my wife and I just brought home another child and the walls are closing in on us, but I am in the middle of finishing my basement and I want to run wire from my breaker panel to the other side of the house where my driveway is in the event we end up purchasing an EV this year. We don't have our sights set on any vehicle in particular, although I do have a reservation for a Ford lightning and will be buying it unless another opportunity presents itself.
My plan is to install two outlets, so I know I would need two courses of wire with two separate breakers. What gauge wire should I get? I was thinking #8 AWG. Both runs would be 60 LF each.
My other consideration is that I want to make sure my house is an attractive purchase for anybody looking to buy it. This kind of thing can be a huge selling point to the right person so I want to make sure I'm doing it right
Hi, I'm running a build with 42amps max draw (average 28amps) at 42-60 volts (I use 48 and 52v batteries). I've used a few wiring calculators online but all give me different results. The most accurate result I think I've found is 10 gauge wire for a 3 foot cable with 42 amps and 60 volts.
I'm confused by how voltage affects gauge, as decreasing voltage seems to increase gauge on some calculators.
I'm currently using 12 gauge silicone wire and think I may need to upgrade to 10 or 8 gauge to be safe.
Since a relay uses nominal voltage and current to turn on a big load, why don't the 30 and 87 pins use a larger gauge?
On a motorcycle I'm adding a relay to turn my additional fuse box on with the ignition. Since the battery + goes to pin 87, I don't feel comfortable using the ~16GA wire on the 12v 40A relay.
The fuse box will run an air horn, auxiliary lights for off road, 12v USB and cigarette sockets, heated grips and maybe another accessory.
Same thing with battery - and pin 85.
I have a series of stepper motors that require up to 10m length cables at 24V, 1.5A. How do you know what gauge is appropriate for your application?
I have what I hope is a simple question. I set up my speakers in a temporary position last year. I bought just enough wire to get it set up. This year, I bought wire covers and found out the length of the wire for one speaker is too short. Since I ran out of the first wire, I purchased some additional wire (without checking the gauge) and realize it’s two different gauges 14 v 16…new wire is 16. Total distance to the speaker is about 45 feet. Can I mix the two wires leading up to the one speaker. I only think it will need 6 feet of the 16 gauge wire. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help.
In my setup I want to remove the PSU from the miner (Avalon 1066). So with three hashboards at 3000W means 1000W per board. The voltage is 12V meaning there is 83Amps running to each hashboard. Which means I will need 2-gauge wire!
Is this real life? I do not want to put the PSU’s in the coolant because the machines are used and cleaning the PSU boards will be a nightmare. Does anyone have their PSU outside of the coolant? Are you using 2 gauge wire? How are you connecting them?
Hi all, I’ll keep this short. I am working a small project involving powering and programming a large amount of LED strips. I intend to run power from a 5V Power supply to a small distribution block where it will branch out to each LED strip.
Should the wire from the power supply to the distribution block be a larger size than all of the wires feeding the LED strips? Each LED strip will be powered by a 20 AWG wire. The single wire from the supply to the block will essentially power all LED strips attached.
I'm making a new wiring harness for my 59 willys cj5. My original harness is pretty well intact , but the original insulation is pretty rough. So while it's not usable I can copy it pretty easily. My question is, has anything changed since the 50's in regards to wire size(I'm thinking due to materials used), or can I just copy the existing wire gauges that are on the old harness.
Before anyone recommends buying a harness, I can make myself a new one for virtually nothing. Willys used pretty simple connectors, and I have all the professional crimping tools at work. I also have a good friend with a auto salvage yard that will let me scavenge as much wiring as I want out of relatively new vehicles.
I had to replace some Piezo sensors for a project. The wires on the piezo sensors that I bought aren't long enough for my project, so I was going to splice on some wires to get the length that I need.
The wire leads on the Piezo sensor are 22 gauge and I am considering splicing the leads of the piezo sensors to a 16 gauge wire.
Will this cause a problem? Should I splice the leads to a smaller gauge wire?
Hi all,
I know that standard wires for raspberry gpio pins are 22 gauge. Is this wire heavy enough to run a decent length, say 100 feet, to be able to energize an octocoupler indefinitely without burning up/overheating?
What gauge wire is your personal preference for home automation?
