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CSA ?? What does it stand for ?
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CSA ?? What does it stand for ?

by Tiesto » Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:45 pm

Struggling to find anywhere what it means can someone help :P Please :P
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by ericmark » Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:11 pm

Cross sectional area
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by BLAKEY1963 » Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:24 am

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by Tiesto » Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:09 pm

Cheers guys
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by sparx » Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:20 pm

As stated CSA means cross sectional area.
for a single stranded wire a direct measurement can be made to find it from the wire diameter;
Diameter squared X Pi divided by 4; viz.

csa= dia @ say 3.57mm X 3.57 X 3.142 / 4 = 10.01 mm2

so if you have a vernier/micrometer to measure dia. you can work out CSA.

If say 7 stranded then work out for one strand & times by 7.

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CSA

by tonyfm » Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:32 am

CSA - Canadian Standards Association

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by kbrownie » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:58 pm

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