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How to Work Out Cable Cross Sectional Area?

08/31/2010 1:08 AM

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Is there a way to tell the cross sectional area of each core, in a 3 or 4-core pvc/pvc/swa cable, by measuring the OD of the cable?
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Re: How to work out cable cross sectional area?

08/31/2010 2:15 AM

Not reliably, it will change with each manufacturer and cable specification.

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Re: How to Work Out Cable Cross Sectional Area?

08/31/2010 7:31 AM

No, but from manufaturers table
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Re: How to Work Out Cable Cross Sectional Area?

08/31/2010 3:00 PM

No, but cables are generally marked with this information. If you get desperate and have no cable marking and idea of the manufacturer you can measure the cross sectional area of the individual strands and then add them together to get the total cross sectional area.

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Re: How to Work Out Cable Cross Sectional Area?

09/02/2010 12:14 AM

Hi,

I have provided the link below where you might find your answer. There are different types of conductors listed in the link below. Not sure which type you are looking for. Let me now if you could not find your answer in the link below.

http://www.ucable.com.my/catalogue/pvc_insulated_cables1.pdf
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