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How big a wire for 250 amps?

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If This Is For Say A House Or A Distrubition Center, I Would Use 000 Which Will Handle Around 240 Amps With No Problem. I`m Sure This Will Handle It. At Anyone Time You Would Or Should Never Have The Loadcenter Maxed Out ( If This Is For A Home ) And If You Fill You Might Or Are Only Running One Item On This Wiring At 250Amp, You Will Have To Install 0000 Cable. Hope This Helps

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CEC Table 2 and 4

A 250 MCM copper wire is with an insulation factor of 75 and 90 degrees C is rated at 255 and 265 amps respectively.

A 350 MCM aluminum wire is with an insulation factor of 75 and 90 degrees C is rated at 250 and 260 amps respectively.

4/0 copper or 300 Aluminum unless you run into voltage drop

Nec 310.15(B)(6)

250 MCM copper is good for 300 amps

350 MCM AL is good for 300 amps

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