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Speaker 1: today's question, can you explain the diameter measurements used in wire?
Speaker 1: The measurement system used for wire is interesting. A w
Speaker 1: G stands for American wire gauge and is the standard
Speaker 1: in the United States for wire diameters and how she
Speaker 1: typically find ten, twelve, and fourteen gauge wire and electronics
Speaker 1: projects typically used twenty gauge wire. Wire gauges run from
Speaker 1: O O O gauge, which is about a half an
Speaker 1: inch in diameter, down to forty gauge, which is about
Speaker 1: point o O one in inches or a thousand of
Speaker 1: an inch in diameter. The higher the AWG number, the
Speaker 1: thinner the wire. Where did this odds system come from?
Speaker 1: It has to do with the way wire was once made.
Speaker 1: Wire is drawn through dies to make it thinner. The
Speaker 1: more dies, the thinner the wire. The gauge number stems
Speaker 1: from how many holes the wire is drawn through when
Speaker 1: it's manufactured. Do you have any ideas or suggestions for
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