I saw advertised 3 core armoured cable for sale which was 10mm2, is this the dia of each single core?
2006-12-05 21:05:55 · 8 answers · asked by worldtuner 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
yes this wil be the csa of the copper conductor
2006-12-06 08:04:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mark G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10mm2 would be 10 square millimeters, or the surface area of the conductor, also known as the diameter of the conductor. Usually, standard measurements are used such as "gauge" and/or circular mils. A mil is 1/1000th of an inch. However, it appears that the dealer you may be getting the wire from is on the metric system. Therefore, circular mils may only be used here in the USA. Not quite sure. The Gauge system is basically a table that describes standardized diameters of cable. For example, 14AWG, 12AWG, and 0AWG to name a few...with the lower numbers being larger conductors. AWG is the (A)merican (W)ire (G)auge.
With respect to your question, 10mm2 is equivalent to 394cmils, or roughly 2/0 or 3/0 wire.
2006-12-05 23:25:04 · answer #2 · answered by JoeSalsa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, at first, the dimension used is 10 mm2 so it is not for length it is for area measurement , and i have been working at a cable manufacturing factory and mostly 10mm2 represents the cross sectional area of the cable as it named as follows :
3*10 mm2
as there three types of conductor cores:
1- solid. (only one bar of the conductor (copper) ).
2- stranded(for example 7 stranded conductors twisted together )
3- flexible. (more number of conductor consisting the cable and less in diameter and not twisted together) and that time for more flexible cable types.
i hope that clarify things up
2006-12-06 03:51:36 · answer #3 · answered by Snake_Eyes 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 sq mm is the dia of a single core
2006-12-05 21:56:56 · answer #4 · answered by max 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This the crosssectional area of a single conductor in square millimeters.
2006-12-06 05:53:46 · answer #5 · answered by dd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That stands for squaer Milimeteter.
10 mm2 = 0.0155500031 squaee inch
2006-12-05 21:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by Weltbürger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definite load carring wires, yet incredibly there are 4 wires.10/3 =10 gauge with 3 wires and a floor. black cord; pink(or yet another shade); white; and floor. They nevertheless call it 3 cord 10/3
2016-12-13 03:43:40 · answer #7 · answered by roher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but that's what I was thinking it might be. Or that could be the entire cable.
2006-12-05 21:08:20 · answer #8 · answered by tumbleweed1954 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋