No, the test has to be 40A (nominal) for 3 minutes.

Gabriel

-----Original Message-----
From: Reginald Neale <neale@SERVTECH.COM>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] High current transformer


>Gabriel asked:
>
>>I need to pass 40-60A thru a wire to insure the capacity, but where do I
get
>>this much current without having to use a humungous load to drop the
voltage
>>and control the current.
>>
>
>How about keeping the average power requirements down by testing the wire
>with a pulse? You can charge up a bank of caps to supply lots of current
>for a short time. Put a sampling resistor (calibrated shunt) in series with
>your wire to monitor the current.
>
>Reg Neale