"Not always bigger," Arjun said. "The right size. Bigger than necessary is just wasteful. Smaller is dangerous. The right size is the one that matches the load, the distance, and the environment. That's the art of it."
Mrs. Nair almost smiled. "And what do you say?" size of conductor
That night, Arjun sat in his truck outside the mill and watched the sunset paint the sky the color of hot copper. He thought about all the shortcuts he'd seen in his career—thinner wires, tighter budgets, tighter schedules. Every one of them a gamble. "Not always bigger," Arjun said
Arjun picked up the ruined piece of copper again. "I say: respect the metal. It will carry what you ask it to—right up until it can't. And then it will teach you a lesson you won't forget." Smaller is dangerous