John's got it right.
For the archives - Bearing in mind that the factory unit is metric I'll describe it in roughly equivalent NA units. It is made of tubular tin-plated copper braid rolled flat consisting of 36X15 strands each with an OD of around .009", or between 31 and 30 AWG. A 30 AWG conductor has a circular mil area of around 100, so multiplying 540 strands by 100 gives a total CMA of 54000. If the strands are 31AWG the CMA would be 43200. 4 AWG wire has a CMA of 41700, 3 AWG 52600, 2 awg 66400. Whatever you use, try to find tinned copper conductors and at least equivalent stranding. If you use something with fewer (in wire, 133 strand is more common) then put a loop in the wire to avoid stress concentrations and keep the bend radii as large as possible.
Dave
[This message has been edited by DDS (edited 07-22-2001).]
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