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Toughduck48 t1_j6l427c wrote

Reply to comment by 689027015 in A Cross Section of the Sub-Marine Cable that grounds power for 3 million People in Los Angeles County by cg1bs

There isn't anything to designate size. However the exterior rubber jacket is reinforced with fiberglass not steel jacketing. This tells me it's a smaller cable and although the insulation is correct for very high voltage, they look too small to handle the required amperage to supply three million people.

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689027015 t1_j6lly9d wrote

lol there’s no single cable which would deliver that much ampacity and again OP said “ground” so we may never know. Probably an engineer in training just vibing in a new assignment.

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cg1bs OP t1_j6lwxsd wrote

This cable was installed in a sandy area and did not require steel jacketing. I've commented a link for size comparison. Not an electrician. Just the guy who helped install the subsea cable.

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