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This is a voltage drop question. The answer is for two voltages as none was stated.
A #6 copper conductor will limit the voltage drop to 3% or less when supplying 12.5 amps for 300 feet on a 120 volt system.
A #12 copper conductor will limit the voltage drop to 3% or less when supplying 6.25 amps for 300 feet on a 240 volt system.
As you can see at 120 volts, a wire sized two sizes up will be needed. At 240 volts you can downsize one size. If it is possible to find a replacement heating element that will fit the smoker with a 240 volt rating that would be the way to go. Another method would be a transformer fed with 240 volts and have it located at the smoker end of the circuit. The minimum size of the transformer would be 1500 VA (1.5 kW). A comfortable range would be 2000 VA or 2.0 kW step down transformer.
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∙ 14y agoA #10 copper wire with an insulation factor of 60, 75 and 90 degrees C is rated at 30 amps. As to how many amps the wire can carry, the conductor is allowed to be loaded up to 80%, so 30 x .8 = 24 continuous amps.
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∙ 13y agoA #6 copper conductor with an insulation factor of 75 or 90 degrees C is rated at 65 amps.
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∙ 12y ago15 amps.
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What size Aluminum wire will carry 50 Amp load?
Awg #6
How do you avoid overheating of the electrical wiring of the equipment?
Overheating of electrical wiring is overcome by installing the correct size conductors to carry the load amperage of the equipment. Use a larger size wire to the load. The main purpose of the breaker is to protect the wire that is connected to it. If the wire becomes overloaded due to a high current flow the breaker will trip.
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Normally wire is sized by the amperage of the load. In this case the wire size is calculated by knowing the length of the run to the load and the amperage of the device to be connected. By knowing the length, the wire size has to be increased to allow for voltage drop over the distance from the supply to the load.
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Depends on the load it will carry which you failed to list.
In selectecting the wire size for a line cord you should remember that?
The wire size is large enough to carry the load current and that the cord is properly voltage rated.
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How do you avoid overheating of the electrical wiring of the equipment?
Overheating of electrical wiring is overcome by installing the correct size conductors to carry the load amperage of the equipment. Use a larger size wire to the load. The main purpose of the breaker is to protect the wire that is connected to it. If the wire becomes overloaded due to a high current flow the breaker will trip.
How to compute the size of wire with respect to the distance from circuit breaker to the load side?
Normally wire is sized by the amperage of the load. In this case the wire size is calculated by knowing the length of the run to the load and the amperage of the device to be connected. By knowing the length, the wire size has to be increased to allow for voltage drop over the distance from the supply to the load.
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