[Amps] Filament Xfmr

[Gudguyham at aol.com]

If the wire is Teflon it will probably be fine.  Can you tell if it  is?  
 
 
In a message dated 7/8/2012 1:01:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
n4kwpete at centurylink.net writes:

I  ordered a filament transformer for a 4CX1500B linear that I am building. 
 
When I received the transformer all looked great to me except for the  
secondary pigtail wires.  The tube requires 6vac at 10amps, the  pigtails 
provided are about five inches long and are a #18 well insulated  wire. 
Being concerned with the wire size it put the transformer under load  and 
drawing 10amps  left it that way for about an hour.  The  wire did not over 
heat in that time but hey how about hours of  operating.  Should I be 
concerned with the wire size.  I have  looked for information on how to 
figure how much current various wire  sizes can carry and at various 
voltages 
and have not found  anything.

73 Pete  N4KW

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