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Thermal Influence on Maximum Current Carrying Capacity

January 20, 2021

Superconductors aside, anything that conducts electricity will dissipate heat. The more current that flows, the more heat is dissipated, the hotter things will get. At some point a thermal limit is reached that imposes a maximum current carrying capacity constraint.

By Robin Bornoff
7 MIN READ