Wire Area Sizes of DCAClab and Burning Issues
Wire Area Size in DCAClab Circuit Simulator & Burning Effect by Current: What you see in DCAClab UI In the DCAClab Circuit Simulator, the wire uses a Wire…
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Wire Area Size in DCAClab Circuit Simulator & Burning Effect by Current:
What you see in DCAClab UI
In the DCAClab Circuit Simulator, the wire uses a Wire Properties of DCAClab panel where you can configure:
AWG (American Wire Gauge) size
Wire Color
Show Ampere (Enable / Disable current display)
The AWG dropdown includes the following sizes and the current above which each one overheats:
30 (0.05 mm²) (overheats above 2.2 A)
28 (0.08 mm²) (overheats above 2.8 A)
26 (0.13 mm²) (overheats above 3.6 A)
24 (0.21 mm²) (overheats above 4.5 A)
22 (0.33 mm²) (overheats above 5.6 A)
What's inside
- 1× Battery
- 1× Resistor (1 Ω)
- 1× Switch
- Measured with Multimeter, Voltmeter/Ammeter