[RE-wrenches] solid vs stranded AC vs DC

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Skin effect at AC frequencies is a total non-issue until you get up into the 
huge wire sizes, around 700 MCM solid wire if I recall correctly.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jay peltz" <jay at asis.com>
To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] solid vs stranded AC vs DC


> Hi Darryl,
>
> But what are the differences and when do they come into play?
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 31, 2009, at 7:25 PM, Darryl Thayer wrote:
>
>>
>> Well there is very slight differences between AC and Dc But this 
>> difference
>> is so slight that it has no effect on anything we will do.
>> Darryl
>> --- On Fri, 7/31/09, jay peltz <jay at asis.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: jay peltz <jay at asis.com>
>>> Subject: [RE-wrenches] solid vs stranded  AC vs DC
>>> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org>
>>> Date: Friday, July 31, 2009, 7:00 PM
>>> HI All,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to understand this wire issue.
>>>
>>> Whether or not there is a difference between stranded or
>>> solid wire for DC or AC.
>>>
>>> Any takers on this one?
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>>
>>> jay
>>>
>>> peltz power
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