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Re: Question about Anderson PowerPoles

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Originally Posted by adciv View Post
I don't know if contact area is the same, but contact resistance is higher with the PP30s over the PP45s. Per spec on a 12AWG wire, the PP30s will rise 30C at 30A while the PP45s will rise ~17 in a single pole configuration. In multipole, the charts don't go up that high for the PP30.
We're looking at the same charts, right?





Temperature rise is exactly the same at 30A with 12AWG according to the datasheets on PowerWerx.
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