OK, let's use 1/0 for the example. 108,350 x 3 = 325,050. Do I now have
a cable between 300 and 350 AWG?
Thank you,
Larry
On 12/2/14 10:51 AM, Bill Turberville wrote:
The minimum conductor size that can be paralleled, according to the
NEC is 1/0.
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*From:*RE-wrenches [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of
*Jerry Shafer
*Sent:* Tuesday, December 02, 2014 11:45 AM
*To:* RE-wrenches
*Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Parallel Wire combining
We have installed multible mcm 500 to meet this and there were three
on each leg but that was because of the required size and bending room
Jerry
On Dec 2, 2014 7:43 AM, "Larry" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Wrenches,
If I combine 3 conductors of equal length in parallel, is the
resulting size equal to 3 times the Circular Mil area? For example, #4
is 42,080cm so are three #4's close to 2/0 (134,200cm) in size? Is it
as simple as this? Assuming the conductors can not be removed
individually, does this mean the current capacity is equal to the
resulting wire size?
Thanks, Larry
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