Battery Pack Design - How to size nickel strip?

[tuckjohn]

Conductor Current Ratings [SRO]

I’d like to make an easy-to-find list of current ratings for esk8 use. If anyone has edits, corrections, experience, or thinks it can be better, please describe what you think should be changed. Popular esk8 sizes in bold. [current_capacity] This chart is labeled for continuous and not instantaneous. You can pretty much double every number for instantaneous, for a couple seconds or less. search keywords: wire, AWG, size, nickel, current, ampacity, hot, melt, battery, amps, amp,…