Cable cross-section
Türkçe: Kablo kesiti
The area of a cable conductor in mm²; it determines current-carrying capacity, voltage drop and short-circuit withstand.
// EXPLANATION
Cross-section is selected for the worst of three conditions: current-carrying capacity (with installation-method and ambient-temperature corrections), permitted voltage drop and thermal withstand during a short circuit.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
cable cross-sectioncable sizingconductor cross-section
// RELATED TERMS
Voltage dropThe reduction of voltage at the load compared with the source as current flows through the resistance and reactance of a cable.
Short circuitA condition where live conductors join through a very low-impedance path, so hundreds of times the normal current flows.
InsulationMaterial or construction that separates live conductors from each other and from earth and does not conduct current.
