Re: ~Geek Group Bucket Cap- part two

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> 
> Materials and parts for things like bucket caps are often chosen on the
> basis of what's lying in the junk box in the garage, or what's cheap, or
> what's of appropriate dimensions to manipulate with fumble fingers....  Use
> whatever works...
> 
> AWG#10 is a tenth of an inch in diameter (a handy thing to remember).
> (That's the copper part, not the insulation!)
> AWG#30 is 0.01 inches in diameter (approximately)

	Add to your rules of thumb that that the resistance of #10 is pretty
close to 1 ohm/1000 feet, that of #20 is about 10 ohms/1000 feet and
that of #30 is about 100 ohms/1000 feet.

Ed