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On 22 Mar 2005 at 15:43, Toby Erkson wrote: > I'm not sure if that stock wire should be used as it was designed to > carry 360watts, not 840! The wire rating would be in Amps, not Watts, and I think the OE wire is significantly larger than the 30A rating of the generator would suggest. It's probably good for 40A, but certainly not for 70A continuously. OTOH, I can't imagine a situation where it would ever be called on to carry 70A continuously. Where I work, we commonly put 400 A thru 12 gauge wire and 50 kA thru 4/0 cable. It works just fine, but that's only because the current is there for only about .050 seconds every 3 minutes or so. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~