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Welding Cable Current Ratings Guide

The document provides current ratings for welding cables from PEROPOWER and FLEX-O-POWER. It lists the maximum recommended duty cycles and current ratings for different types of welding machines and cable sizes. A duty cycle refers to the percentage of welding time within a 5 minute period. The ratings are based on a maximum conductor temperature of 70°C and should be adjusted if the surrounding temperature is above 25°C. A formula is also provided to calculate current ratings for duty cycles not explicitly listed in the table.

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Welding Cable Current Ratings Guide

The document provides current ratings for welding cables from PEROPOWER and FLEX-O-POWER. It lists the maximum recommended duty cycles and current ratings for different types of welding machines and cable sizes. A duty cycle refers to the percentage of welding time within a 5 minute period. The ratings are based on a maximum conductor temperature of 70°C and should be adjusted if the surrounding temperature is above 25°C. A formula is also provided to calculate current ratings for duty cycles not explicitly listed in the table.

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APPENDIX 2 CURRENT RATINGS FOR

WELDING CABLES
Current ratings for PEROPOWER and FLEX-O-POWER welding cables are for welding purposes only with a maximum conductor
temperature of 70°C.

Ratings generally assigned to different types of welding machines


Automatic Up to 100%
Semi Automatic 30 to 85%
Manual Welding 30 to 60%
Intermittent or occasional Up to 30%

100% 85% 75% 60% 30% 20%


Size mm²
(5 min) (4.25 min) (3.75 min) (3 min) (1.5 min) (1 min)
16 120 130 140 155 220 270
25 160 175 185 205 295 360
35 200 220 230 260 365 450
50 255 280 295 330 465 570
70 315 340 365 410 575 705
95 380 415 440 480 695 850
120 440 480 510 570 805 985
150 510 555 590 660 930 1140
185 580 630 670 750 1060 1300

A duty cycle is the percentage welding time of any 5 minutes.

Technical Data
Note: If surrounding temperature is higher than 25°C multiply the above ratings by the following factors:

30°C 35°C 40°C 45°C


0.96 0.91 0.87 0.82

Calculation to find current rating for a duty cycle not in the table:
100
Current rating of duty cycle required = Current rating for 100% duty cycle x
% duty cycle required
Example: 50mm² cable has a rating of 255 amps for 100% duty cycle
What is the current rating if only operated on a 40% duty cycle?
100
255 x = 403.19 amps
40

78

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