Re: copper magnet wire

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• Subject: Re: copper magnet wire
• From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 04:52:52 -0600
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Bill Noble wrote:

> Wire size is called the wire "gage" - smaller numbers mean bigger wire.  If
> I remember right, the wire's gage is the number of wires (without
> insulation) that will fit in a square inch - so "1" wire has a 1 inch
> diameter, 2 has a 1/sqrt(2) or about 3/4 inch diameter and so on.  There are
> tables of these wire sizes in many reference books.

And in the list archives too. The wire size is called "gauge", not gage.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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