size of wire and current?
Making DC power cable with 3 wires
Hi,
I have a piece of power cable that I want to use to upgrade my DC cable. That power cable has 3 wires in it, while a DC cable only need two. What would you do with the third wire? Would you just ignore it, or connect one terminal with two wires and one terminal with one?
thanks.
Showing 2 responses by carlsbad
@gte357s OK. I looked up your nami stremer and it’s typical power consumption is 11W which is less than 1 amp. So 16 awg is plenty big, a good choice for that connector. I would put a single conductor on the positive and use the extra conductor to double up on the ground. I’ve made cables for several LPS using gx style connectors and I generally use 4 conductor 22 awg and put 2 on each contact. Jerry |