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Marco wiped grease on his jeans and pulled out his phone. No signal. He’d cached it earlier.

The rain hadn’t started yet, but Marco could feel it in his knees. He was crouched inside the crawlspace of the old Cannery Row building, a flashlight between his teeth, staring at a junction box that looked like a rat king of old wires.

"We need #4 THHN. 185 feet. And I’m going to need to cut a new trench to the panel." electrical cable thickness calculator

It showed the resistance per thousand feet for #4 copper: 0.248 ohms.

"Not yet!" he shouted back, spitting out the flashlight. Marco wiped grease on his jeans and pulled out his phone

The screen didn't blink. It just answered. Voltage drop: 2.8% Maximum capacity: 70 Amps Upgrade to 2 AWG for 1% drop. Marco let out a low whistle. Number 4. That was three steps up from the #10 in the wall. It was thick as his pinky finger. Expensive. Heavy.

The problem was the new roaster. It was a beast—pulling 48 amps. The old cable feeding this part of the building was a sad, brittle #10 AWG, good for maybe 30 amps. If he just hooked it up, the wire would get hot, the insulation would melt, and this place would be a bonfire in a week. The rain hadn’t started yet, but Marco could

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