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[lostmarbles]

Uh.... the skin effect you are referring to only affects conductors carying high frequiencies, it has no bearing with DC carrying conductors. If it did battery cables would be hollow tubes...

Thicker wires have LESS resistance not more. This means there is less voltage drop across the conductor, ie it can carry more current.

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[Vicm]

Uh.... the skin effect you are referring to only affects conductors carying high frequiencies, it has no bearing with DC carrying conductors. If it did battery cables would be hollow tubes...

Thicker wires have LESS resistance not more. This means there is less voltage drop across the conductor, ie it can carry more current.

You are right, I was wrong in my explanation. Also the post after yours is right. If the thicker conductor has more resistance the delivery of power from the source to the different homes would be very hard to do. So my appology to all and that would be the last time I will post anything. I will just keep on reading instead.

 

[mailking]

now that we are rebuilding the whole cruiser here in Bolivia, I traced the connections to those two strange [to me] cylinders. The are connected to the remote controlled Webasto diesel heater unit. I will have to dive into the manual that is lying around here somewhere in our mess...