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600 watts is an extraordinary amount of power for these tiny cables/connectors, thats something id think would be something like an Anderson Powerpole , or XT 90, or some kind of high power connector if i was building a little robot or something.


I'm really surprised they didn't do something like a XT90 with some signal wires on it. I've seen IEC Cables with more girth than these things.


Only at 12v. Even microblade molex (really small) are 250v/2.5amp, and so have no trouble with 500w.

The wire insulation is rated much lower than the connector (105C vs 170C). You will certainly melt the wires before the connector.

At a higher voltage, these wires would be fine for purpose.


Just a heads up. Powerpoles melt too. Nasty things.




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