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amperage rating?
at 345 volts dc, how much current can a standard size paper clip have running through it?
it would be having the paper clip in series with 8 awg wire and a short circuit
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Directly across the voltage, as a load for it, and the supply can provide any amount that the load requires, I agree, poof, If this paper clip, however, is in series with a load, such as taking the place of a fuse, then it should handle 10 to 15 amps. The difference is between the clip being a load, and would be seen as a short to the voltage supply, versus an in line section of wiring that can still fail if the current draw gets to high.
- YohoLv 61 decade ago
I don't believe anyone can really tell you this because there isn't a standard size paper clip.
If it was me. I would just take the size and compare it to the max of a copper wire of the same size.
- HelmutLv 71 decade ago
Enough to vaporize it almost instantly.
Edit:
With your additional information, not quite instantly.
Poof is a good word.
Source(s): 3rd-degree burns from shorting a 12 VDC battery with 14 ga baling wire.