Ampacity ratings for NX fuel & nitrous noids?
01-14-2006, 03:55 PM
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Ampacity ratings for NX fuel & nitrous noids? What are the ampacity rating's for NX fuel and nitrous solinoids? they are the solinoid's in this picture, What kind of currents am I looking at? I'm trying to size my wires accordingly? Thanks in advance
01-15-2006, 03:43 PM
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16ga. will be more than sufficient for those solenoids
sizing them by current is not necessary because they are used for short bursts
if you wanted to look at sustained current on them you would be using 10ga. most likely.
sizing them by current is not necessary because they are used for short bursts
if you wanted to look at sustained current on them you would be using 10ga. most likely.
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I had a 16ga. wire literally melt and almost catch on fire, so for safety I put in all 10ga wire. Overkill?? Maybe, but it's extra wire laying around so it can't hurt (especially at the close to 30amps they pull).
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Originally Posted by ITSTOCK
I had a 16ga. wire literally melt and almost catch on fire, so for safety I put in all 10ga wire. Overkill?? Maybe, but it's extra wire laying around so it can't hurt (especially at the close to 30amps they pull).
and how long of a run was it?
your relay should be mounted as close to the solenoid/s as possible and it sounds like maybe your main feed wire was way too small.
maybe for specifics I should say wires from the relay to the solenoids(each)
should be 16ga.,main feed should be 12ga.
even 10ga DC will be close for sustaining 30 amps,AC you only need 12ga.
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01-16-2006, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by spanktu
Uuuuh how many solenoids did you have on one 16ga. wire?
and how long of a run was it?
your relay should be mounted as close to the solenoid/s as possible and it sounds like maybe your main feed wire was way too small.
maybe for specifics I should say wires from the relay to the solenoids(each)
should be 16ga.,main feed should be 12ga.
even 10ga DC will be close for sustaining 30 amps,AC you only need 12ga.
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and how long of a run was it?
your relay should be mounted as close to the solenoid/s as possible and it sounds like maybe your main feed wire was way too small.
maybe for specifics I should say wires from the relay to the solenoids(each)
should be 16ga.,main feed should be 12ga.
even 10ga DC will be close for sustaining 30 amps,AC you only need 12ga.
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I'm talking about the main feed wire, nothing else
01-16-2006, 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by spanktu
that is pretty funny 16 for a main
10ga is what I would recommend for a main feed if you want overkill 8ga
10ga is what I would recommend for a main feed if you want overkill 8ga
that's why it was there, and I didn't even think about the noid pulling 10x more amperage when I installed the iceman solenoid 
01-17-2006, 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Nitro Dave's Nitrous Outlet
The ice man solenoids pull 28 amps for nitrous and 3 1/2 for fuel.
Thanks
Dave
Thanks
Dave
I don’t dought you, but god that seems high, I have 12 AWG so I'm thinking I should be fine for intermittent duty. With 10 AWG I can run all day long on 31.5 Amp’s, but I shouldn’t need that. Thanks for the replies, everyone.