RE: Exploding wire (fwd)

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Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:27:13 -0800
From: Jim Mora <jmora@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE: Exploding wire (fwd)

Now that is a good idea!

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Subject: Re: Exploding wire (fwd)

Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxxxx>



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Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 08:13:16 -0800
From: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Exploding wire (fwd)

Since I ordered magnesium, it should be easy to compare that with say

>copper. I don't know what would happen with nichrome wire of the same
>diameter. I'll paste this to the Geek Group as well. What's a good source
of
>30AWG aluminum wire, I can't find any?
>
>Thanks,
>Jim Mora"
>
    I'm not sure of the exact gauge, but what about unraveling a piece 
of aluminum window screen?  Not quite straight wire but it's in the 
ballpark of the right diameter.

Ed