Proper thickness of different copper items normally used in Electric switch and socke
When I open the plastic casing of electric switch and socket normally used in household like (250 V AC 16 A Switch , 250 V AC 13 A Socket) then I found different shaped copper bar. Copper rod, copper sheet. Shape of these items are not uniform so area is different. So for a certain voltage and current how can I calculate the proper thickness as well as the copper grade. For a cable diameter is uniform and in web there are lots of information how to calculate the diameter of wire but for these copper items I did not found any good reference where I can study.
Thanks in advance and sorry for this stupid question