FIrst .14 is not bigger than .16
Do the math.
A 10 gauge shotgun IS bigger (in barrel size) than a 12 gauge. Anything with
the word "gauge" in it implies bigger numbers = smaller size.
At a given current, silver forms by weight per unit time. So, yes a 14 gauge
will last longer than a 16 gauge wire all other things being equal.
For an example, my source of wire is either 12 or 14 gauge. I am paying a
little over $4 per foot for the 12, and less than $3 for the 14, and they are
the same price per unit weight.
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel and Karen Croom <[email protected]>
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, August 07, 1999 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: CS>Wire gauge
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!
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> 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
>
>
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