Re: FW: electric water pump and thermostat

[Jon Wennerberg <jon@infodestruction.com>]

On Monday, March 14, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Dave Dahlgren wrote:
> how would you propose getting 2 or
> 3 hp though the number 16 wire at 13.7 volts DC?
>


I come up with  something like 54 1/2 amps (assuming 100% electrical 
efficiency), and to get that much through a #16 wire would be simple if 
said wire was submerged in liquid nitrogen or some other cold stuff.

                 Jon Wennerberg
Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
              Marquette, Michigan
              (that's 'way up north)