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Re:Reconductoring: Boosting U.S. Grid Capacity Efficiently by tuatoru on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @05:17PM (#41651983)
Skin effect is a high-frequency thing. From memory the down-rating tables start at 100 kHz.
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Re:Reconductoring: Boosting U.S. Grid Capacity Efficiently by Kirby64 on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @05:32PM (#41652096)
Skin effect works at all frequencies besides DC. At 60 Hz it’s 8.5mm. So, solid conductors thicker than 17mm have some skin loss. You can mitigate this by winding multi strand wire in a particular way, though.
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