“Hot enough to anneal the copper,” Marco grunted. “Now it’s soft as butter. Can’t carry a fraction of its rated load.”
He pulled a fresh roll of 70mm² cable from his cart. “This is what we need. It has the copper cross-section to lower the resistance, produce less heat per amp, and survive the group and the heat. Bigger cable, more copper, more surface area to shed the heat.” cable size current carrying capacity
Marco sighed, a sound that carried forty years of electrical wisdom. He tapped the melted cable with his screwdriver. “Hot enough to anneal the copper,” Marco grunted