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Message: <blockquote data-quote="negative_camber" data-source="post: 3738413" data-attributes="member: 583823">I'm not going to debate the reason for more stands.But... A conductor with many small strands of wire will carry more current than a same size conductor with fewer, larger diameter stands of wire.Current flows on the surface, doesn't matter if it's a distribution block, terminal, or wire... current still flows just on the surface.The conductor with many small strands will have quite a bit more surface area if you were to do the math and calculate the surface area of each strand and multiply that by the number of stands.The larger strand wire, with fewer strands, will have far less total surface area. All of the material of the strand other than surface area does not conduct electricity..</blockquote>

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