Using the Pub as a download for a pic

[DNK]

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[YakkoWarner]

OK that scary enought to want some context to go with it....

 

[Basil]

Hi Don, that doesn't look good!

 

[DNK]

OK, that's my espresso machine main wiring harness. I thought it had just touched something hot like a boiler tube or something so I re did the molex connector and was back in business, or so I thought.

This is the new molex after about a month. I think the connector was not making good connection as it is a 110v power wire.
They use a pretty skimpy 16ga wire for all that power.
My plan is to bypass the connector and run a wire direct to the switch from the filter. No need for a connector on that.
of course finding all this on my island is a joke so I have to bring stuff in which is a 3+ week wait
I stuck my Thermopen on that wire at startup while the boilers were heating and I was getting a 300 degree temp on that wire.
Resistance =heat

 

[DNK]

trying to figure out a good wire for that that is 14ga and can handle 120Vs
Iwas thinking of using the GLX wire I always used in the TRs but it is only rated to 50Vs

 

[John Turney]

trying to figure out a good wire for that that is 14ga and can handle 120Vs
Iwas thinking of using the GLX wire I always used in the TRs but it is only rated to 50Vs

How many amps or watts do does it have to carry?

 

[DNK]

15 amps and over 1000 watts when the boilers are heating

 

[DNK]

Amazon has some appliance wire that will handle 600v
It's gotta ba hi temp too

 

[mezy]

Its not the wire it is the type of connector, there is not enought surfase are on the connectors to make it good
thats why they get hot, you need a connector that will has 100% contact area that one may only be spade onnectors

 

[mezy]

we use these 0n rc cars using lipo batteries and high watts motors, the cables get warm but these dont,