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How to Calculate Cable Cross Sections

08/09/2009 5:16 AM

how can calculate the cross section for cables?
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08/09/2009 5:36 AM

Homework? It must be homework. Please tell me it's homework. Please don't tell us that you are the new cabling engineer for a plant in some developing country.

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08/09/2009 9:39 AM

pi x strand_radius2 x number_of_strands

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08/09/2009 10:55 AM

Googling will help you find the answer faster: http://www.accesscomms.com.au/Reference/cableareacalculation.htm
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10/28/2009 7:16 PM

Can't you just measure it with a micrometer?

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10/29/2009 10:04 AM

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