ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area temperature rating of 40 degrees???

I just think of it as a chain with the weakest link determining the ampacity. That can be the real rating or a code mandated rating like you have in most cable wiring methods that put you in the 60c column or 240.4(D) that force the ~80% derating on you in small conductors, no matter what else you have.