From: curd@notformail.com   
      
   On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 10:51:45 -0400, Ralph Mowery wrote:   
      
   > One deciding factor is how much voltage drop do you want to allow in the   
   > wire.  If you have a long run of wire, you surely would not want to run   
   > # 18 wire as the voltage drop would be very great.   
      
   Yep, conductor length is often omitted, but still very important. You can   
   get some crazy big currents to pass largely unhindered through very thin,   
   short conductors. Fuses are a good example, come to think of it.   
      
      
      
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