It seems than at Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:31:23 -0400, Mitch wrote: > You tried to make a 13ga shunt for something drawing hundreds > of amps? Seems too light to me. > Mitch.
Well, my experience suggests you are right. *smile* At least with a shorted starter... 6 inches of 13 AWG. Heat is the death of copper wire. And heat dissipation involves time. So any wire can manage quite a bit of current for short periods of time. And in open air, it can dissipate heat fairly well. Open air, continuous, with insulation, it can carry nearly 40 amps. So I was hoping that for less than one second it would manage okay with 10x that. I think that starter was drawing more than 400 A, though. Anyway, that experiment went up in smoke, and the car has a working starter - so I'm not likely to take up this project 'till next time I need it. But I would really like to have a baseline to figure from, so maybe I'll find some time. -- Philip _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
