#10 wire is the same thing as 10 gauge wire [AWG]...just takes fewer key
strokes to write it...Like 10 inches is 10" and a foot is 1'
The measurement for #10 wire I gave was a direct diameter measurement in
mm vs inches done with a dial caliper.
#14 0.0641" 1.62814mm
#12 0.0808" 2.05232mm [Steve was talking about this one]
#10 0.1019" 2.58826 mm
AWG: In the American Wire Gauge (AWG), diameters can be calculated by
applying the formula D(AWG)=.005·92((36-AWG)/39) inch. For the 00, 000,
0000 etc. gauges you use -1, -2, -3, which makes more sense mathematically
than "double nought." This means that in American wire gage every 6 gauge
decrease gives a doubling of the wire diameter, and every 3 gauge decrease
doubles the wire cross sectional area. Just like dB in signal levels.
Metric Wire Gauges (see table below)
Metric Gauge: In the Metric Gauge scale, the gauge is 10 times the diameter
in millimeters, so a 50 gauge metric wire would be 5 mm in diameter. Note
that in AWG the diameter goes up as the gauge goes down, but for metric
gauges it is the opposite. Probably because of this confusion, most of the
time metric sized wire is specified in millimeters rather than metric gauges.
Ode
At 09:23 AM 11/4/2006 -0400, you wrote:
Hello, Richard,
I am a little confused: I deduct that what Ode and you are talking about
when you say "#14, #12, #10, #8" is not gauge, but another nomenclature,
in which the diameter gets a bigger value as the number gets bigger,
contrary to gauge, in which the diameter gets a smaller value as the
number gets bigger.
What V measured in mm in his wires was gauge equivalent, which with the
help of Ransley (American Wire Gauge tables) and Marshall (Wire conductors
calculator) I understood very well.
Now, my confusion lies in what did Steve Young mean when he mentions
"...Electrodes are 5.5 in long #12 0.999 pure silver wire..." in the
CONSTANT LOW CURRENT GENERATOR diagram he so kindly posted and Michael
resent me (for the 2th time!!) shortly ago. Did he mean wire No.12, or 12
gauge wire?
Thank you and all the rest for your help!!
Carlos
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