20 Amp Surge protector -- OK to replace with 15 amp cord?

Speedskater · « **Reply #80 on:** 26 Jun 2018, 09:17 pm »

Why would solid or stranded matter in the least?

Anyway it's probably a mix of solid and stranded and maybe a mix of copper and aluminum.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #81 on:** 26 Jun 2018, 10:00 pm »

Why would solid or stranded matter in the least?

Anyway it's probably a mix of solid and stranded and maybe a mix of copper and aluminum.

Solid copper allow more heat and current than stranded.

Speedskater · « **Reply #82 on:** 27 Jun 2018, 12:55 am »

Solid copper allow more heat and current than stranded.

Both carry the same current rating and that's with a large safety margin.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #83 on:** 27 Jun 2018, 01:11 am »

Both carry the same current rating and that's with a large safety margin.

Correct but the stranded heat faster and corrode faster than the solid, not a first class service, in my country it is used solid only for buildings.

Speedskater · « **Reply #84 on:** 27 Jun 2018, 01:00 pm »

Correct but the stranded heat faster and corrode faster than the solid, not a first class service, in my country it is used solid only for buildings.

In the US none of that is a problem and almost all larger wire is stranded.

FullRangeMan · « **Reply #85 on:** 27 Jun 2018, 04:32 pm »

In the mid 1990s I bough a awg 8 aluminium power cable and try it as speaker cable, it show a awful sound quality