I've been trying to find any data sheets for either solderless or solderable breadboards to figure out what voltage/current should be safe to use on them, but either there isn't a single "official" data sheet out there or I'm just extraordinarily bad at googling stuff.
From what I could gather most solderless BBs should have roughly the same characteristics, as they are pretty much the same underneath. As for the solderables, I found many types out there, all without "offical" voltage/amperage ratings.
I need to run 12V DC at ~2A continuously. Is it safe on solderless or solderable BBs?
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It varies from stripboard to stripboard.
One location I found (which seemed to cite Vero, a major manufacturer of stripboard, though I couldn't follow the citation) says "For 1oz Vero with a trace width of 0.19mm the quote is for 3.5A @ 10C and 6A @ 30C" - the post seems to indicate that 1 oz is very common.
He does warn about the holes; the traces are smaller at the holes.
I have seen other sites which suggest soldering a wire along the track, to increase the current that can flow.
This is not original research, and I have no specific knowledge to confirm this. http://www.chatzones.co.uk/discus/messages/1218/2470.html?1141515383