Small AC motors and Inverters
Disappointed that my ancient Mod Sine Wave inverter (140W cont, 200W surge) shuts down with a 120W coffee grinder. Works ok with the 400W (cont) MSW inverter built-into the truck, though a little ...
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BFL13 wrote:
Thanks. I still don't understand when they say #4 is good for 100 amps if that means 3 feet of #4 or 30 feet of #4.
Perhaps it only means if you use 30 instead of 3, you won't get 100 amps out of the other end, but something less, so who cares?
Ampacity: " Ampacity is defined as the maximum amount of electrical current a conductor or device can carry before sustaining immediate or progressive deterioration."
It is a constant and has nothing to do with voltage drop or how the wire will work within any given distance.
