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Another curious thing is about the current carrying capacity! What I've found out about the current carrying capacity is about cables (conductors') sizes. Is there such thing about finding it current carrying capacity on a solid copper conductor?

Yup, I understand the above mentioned. However, the technical specifications aren't giving me any information how thick the insulation material is and what's the insulation material? Does anyone happens to know what's the insulating material? I tried googling but there are several types of...

Yes, my project is to make a better plug which uses less copper. I understand that the amount of heat generated in a BS1363 plug will be alright due to the stoutness of the plug. What I was thinking where can I have a headstart to work on having a reduction of copper yet the heat (in case of...

Hi Billy. I have tried asking my prof. about changing the type of materials since copper demand gets higher and could be more expensive. However, I was advised that to only reduce the copper usage as I only have 7 months to work on this. Each design that I am coming up will definitely cost...

Yes. It is to design a better wall plug for use with AC Mains Power in homes. I'm supposed to target at both areas - homes and industries. However, it seems that I could start from a normal wall plug before proceeding for usage in the industries.

Dear all, Thanks for your replies! I am required to follow the Singapore's standards which I believe it's almost a duplicate of BS1363. My project was recommended by my professor was because he's comparing an UK plug with an Australian plug which both actually works on a 13A rating. So he was...

I'm a student from Newcastle University from Singapore Institute of Technology (A new launched University in Singapore) and am majoring in Electrical Power Engineering. My current final year project requires me to research on BS1363 and try to reduce the amount of copper usage as we know that...