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minus-squareramble81@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months ago“Ampacity” — I don’t know if that’s an actual word but you perfectly described what the bottle neck is. I like it!
minus-squareDabundis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoIt is! Here in the US, that’s the word used by the National Electric Code to talk about current carrying capacity
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoDo “ampacity” and “amperage” mean the same thing?
minus-squareDabundis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoNot exactly. Amperage is “amount of current”, ampacity is “ability to carry current”
minus-squaretechMayhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoSo ampacity is fusion of amperage and capacity?
minus-squarenilloclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoAlso called a portmanteau, like internet, malware, or genome.
“Ampacity” — I don’t know if that’s an actual word but you perfectly described what the bottle neck is. I like it!
It is! Here in the US, that’s the word used by the National Electric Code to talk about current carrying capacity
Do “ampacity” and “amperage” mean the same thing?
Not exactly. Amperage is “amount of current”, ampacity is “ability to carry current”
So ampacity is fusion of amperage and capacity?
you got it 👍
Also called a portmanteau, like internet, malware, or genome.