@mattblaze

Split over 2 pairs, it's 2.5A per conductor. Assuming 75C-rated insulation, you need ~25 AWG - call it 24 gauge for a little safety margin. That's a conductor with cross-sectional area of 0.2mm^2, diameter a touch over half a millimeter.

It's not a human hair - but it does intuitively feel like too much.

We'll probably get used to it. And only see houses go up in flames once in a while because some cheap non-UL-rated cable got purchased from a shady dealer...

(I know Matt doesn't need to be told any of this, it's just for the thread...)

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@robsonfletcher

Oh, and a wire rated to carry that many amps from the electrical utility to your home will need a cross-sectional area of two million circular mils of pure copper.

Yes, it's a crazy traditional unit. In more modern terms, it's over a thousand square millimeters. Good luck!

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