You've gotten several excellent answers, so I won't belabor the issue.

However, if you want an excel spreadsheet showing temperature rise versus
wire gauge and current, go to the Jim's Engineering Data page on
www.rstengineering.com and download the Wire Table spreadsheet.

Enjoy.

Jim


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