Jim, Do you think that 14 ga wire lasts a lot longer than 16 guage when making cs? Your answer to the guage question was interesting, but why is a 10 guage shotgun bigger than a 12 guage? Same reason? And in math, .14 is bigger than .16, but that was my worst subject!
---------- > From: James Sullivan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: CS>Wire gauge > Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:34 PM > > Hey! > > >> Good answers! About the last question on guage- I asked my husband > >> (which I should have done to start with since he's so smart) and he > >> said that it's not really 14 or 16, but .16 and .14 when you're > >> talking guages. It's the same with shotguns. > > Actually, that wouldn't explain it. In that form, .16 is still larger > than .14. Actually, I believe it had to do with how many wires of a > certain size it would take to completely fill a 1" conduit. Therefore > the larger the wire the smaller the "gauge", i.e. it would take more > 22 gauge wires to fill a conduit than 6 gauge wires. You could only > get 6 of the big ones in there or 22 of the little fellers. > > Jim > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
