Arny Krueger wrote:

Joseph Oberlander wrote:


I'd re-run it with two pieces of 12 gauge wire.


Good advice.


Those 4 pieces of telephone wire aren't 14 gauge, btw.

The look like it, but in terms

of capacity, they are closer to 20 gauge at best.


I believe that doubling the amount of copper per foot drops
you 3 wire gauges. The basic wire is 24 gauge so paralleling
two strands gets you 21 gauge, paralleling 4 gets you 18
gauge, and if you went for broke, paralleing all 8 gets you
to 15 gauge.

Which brings up my second point in that sentance. 4 or 8
little wires with insulation added is larger than most
electrical wire that you are trying to emulate.