I think I need to replace the wire on my Areotech launch controller. I was wondering what to use to replace it. What do you suggest?
Thanks AL, that's what I was looking at.
I intend on using 12-6 when I wire mine.
But I don't know much, I'm just an electrical apprentice still...
... Talk about overkill.
Obviously. Talk about overkill.
Yes, please do. A bigger pipe is better right ? What are the trade-offs ?
Wire Gauge | Rated Ampacity at less than 50' | Rated Ampacity over 50' | Voltage drop at 25' (assume max current) |
18 | 10 | 7 | 3.19 |
16 | 13 | 10 | 2.61 |
14 | 18 | 13' | 2.27 |
12 | 25 | 18' | 1.99 |
The trade-off is mostly one of cost vs. nothing gained. Why buy a tractor-trailer when a pick-up truck will do? Why buy a pneumatic drill to make a 1/8" hole in balsa?
There comes a point in this kind of circuit where you are so far exceeding the demand that all you are doing is adding mass and gaining marginal value. 16GA or 18GA will be more than sufficient for the vast majority of use cases where an Aerotech Interlock controller apply.
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In the words of Tim Allen,
MORE POWERRRR! rahohohoo!lol
Right. dford is lucky enough to take cost out of the equation. 25 to 18 amps at the end of the run would light'em up pretty good. What are the tradeoffs now ? Wear and tear on other components in the circuit ? Wear and tear on old rocketeers lugging around a heavy cable ?
Geez. You have unwittingly brought back some memories for me. Before my current career as a DoD computer contractor, I worked as a union electrician in the motion picture industry in Baltimore. I somehow ended up becoming the generator operator. This was a 650 amp, crystal sync, blimped generator that I had to drive to the set, park, level, and operate. Part of the "operation" was laying out anywhere from three to five 100' hanks of 0000 cable. These suckers weighed about 70# a piece.
When I wasn't the genny op, I often ended up on a rigging crew, lugging a 50' hank of single ought welding cable up ladders.
After having gotten a BA in film and video production, and thinking I was going to be the next Spielberg, I realized one day that I was just a manual laborer. I quit, went back to school, and got a comp sci degree.
Always a possibility. Could some wire have gotten jostled out of place when you had it opened to rewire?Is it possible that the beeper is burnt out?
Not likely. I was very careful not to disturb anything I wasn't working on.Always a possibility. Could some wire have gotten jostled out of place when you had it opened to rewire?
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