“Kid, that number on the spec sheet—it’s a lie. Or rather, it’s a truth that lives in a perfect world. A laboratory. It assumes the cable is floating in mid-air at 30 degrees Celsius, with nothing else around. But look where we are.”
“Hot enough to anneal the copper,” Marco grunted. “Now it’s soft as butter. Can’t carry a fraction of its rated load.”
Lena looked at her 85-amp load. “So my 100-amp rated cable… in this real world… what can it actually carry?”
“Kid, that number on the spec sheet—it’s a lie. Or rather, it’s a truth that lives in a perfect world. A laboratory. It assumes the cable is floating in mid-air at 30 degrees Celsius, with nothing else around. But look where we are.”
“Hot enough to anneal the copper,” Marco grunted. “Now it’s soft as butter. Can’t carry a fraction of its rated load.”
Lena looked at her 85-amp load. “So my 100-amp rated cable… in this real world… what can it actually carry?”