So I ordered some 5 Core Silicone cable, which is advertised and used by people as Soldering iron cable. But I am a bit skeptical about the individual wire thickness, they are like 1mm each, including the insulation. I think each wire has 35x0.08 strands? So maybe AWG24 or something similar?
When I check the "Wire thickness vs Amperage" charts online they show that AWG24 can carry 2.1 Amps, and another chart showed 0.57 Amps when the wires are in a bundle (which they are).
So my question are....is this enough to use for soldering irons, which are often up to 80 Watts?
I want to use this cable for hot tweezers which has 2 x 40W heaters, and for soldering irons which are 40W and 60W, and maybe even 80W.
Also, the Hot Tweezers and the 40W iron is powered by only 12 volts.
So can it safely be used for 40W (12V) and up to 80W irons, even though the charts seems to say otherwise....since people are using this exact same cable as soldering iron cable? This cable was actually sold by the company KSGER who makes soldering stations.
Thanks in advance.
By the way: If somebody knows where one can find real super flexible soldering iron cable, like the one Weller uses, I would be glad to hear it. Since this cable is not as flexible as for example the Weller ones. Probably because this cable only has Silicone on the cable sheathing, but the individual wires is not coated with Silicone, but with FEP (Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene).