[RE-wrenches] Parallel Wire combining

[Jerry Shafer]

We have installed multible mcm 500 to meet this and there were three on
each leg but that was because of the required size and bending room
Jerry
On Dec 2, 2014 7:43 AM, "Larry" <larry at starlightsolar.com> wrote:

> Wrenches,
>
> If I combine 3 conductors of equal length in parallel, is the resulting
> size equal to 3 times the Circular Mil area? For example, #4 is 42,080cm so
> are three #4's close to 2/0 (134,200cm) in size? Is it as simple as this?
> Assuming the conductors can not be removed individually, does this mean the
> current capacity is equal to the resulting wire size?
>
> Thanks, Larry
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