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In Reply to: Settle down dudes! posted by bartc on September 9, 2015 at 19:50:34:
OK. Sorry about being rude.18 AWG is probably too small to run unprotected. Though it's probably marginal, to the point it might not have a catastrophic failure under many of the more common fault conditions. That depends largely on the insulation temp rating and thermal insulating properties.
The thing is, this device could conceivably be plugged into a 20A circuit. It's not when the stereo is running that worries me. It's when some downstream device has a sustained, say 18A, fault. Is that silicone gel the OP is embedding in UL 94V0? Does it put out deadly gasses?? who knows this stuff? ORRR better yet.... That insulation gets gooey enough for the line voltage carrying conductors to migrate through the liquidy stuff and make a hard short to each other, or to the chassis. Is the chassis metallic and earthed? Looks metallic. Many questions.
Again. Please forgive my blunt rudeness. But do it once and do it right in a way that is unquestionably safe.
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