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What is the use of wire gauge?
Wire gauge is used to determine the size wire needed to carry the correct amount of current for the job. It must be sized appropriately for the current in the circuit you are building.
What is 6 gauge?
A thickness of wire or metal.
Difference between awg and swg?
AWG is American wire gauge and SWG means Standard wire gauge .. swg+1=awg according to my calculation...
How many millimeters is 8 gage?
There are a number of different sets of data, in which '8 gauge' occurs. In the British system, a number 8 SWG (standard wire gauge) measures 4.064 mm. In a US system, a number 8 AWG (American Wire Gauge) measures 3.264 mm. There are also sheet steel gauges which differ from the above, and wire gauges for musical instruments have different definitions again. Different again, are the gauges used for hypodermic needles. It is vital to specify which gauge system you use.
How do you you measure the thickness of a thin wire?
To measure the thickness of a thin piece of wire we have got the instrument called the wire gauge. The thickness of a thin piece of wire is measured in mm.
How many gauge is required of copper wire in multiple generator science project?
34 gauge copper wire will work but to use the 35 gauge copper wire is the best choice
What gauge wire is used for electric furnace heating elements?
normally 8 gauge wire is used for electric heat furnaces.
What type of wire gauge is used for a 30amp circuit?
10 gauge
What is a gauge and how is it used?
a science thing
What is a wire diameter?
American wire gauge (AWG), also known as the Brown & Sharpe wire gauge, is a standardized wire gauge system used since 1857 predominantly in North America for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire.
What gauge wire should be used to rewire auto?
There are many size gauge wires used in the making of an automobile, anywhere from 4 gauge to 22 gauge.
What wire gauge is used for a toaster?
16 awg can be used for the toaster
What is themost common wire used for a door contact?
16 or 18 gauge wire
What is the system used to describe wire sizes?
In North America the system used is AWG. American Wire Gauge.
What is Birmingham wire gauge?
It was a system used to specify the thickness or diameter of metal wire. It was improved and renamed British Standard Wire Gauge in 1883, usually abbreviated to SWG.
How big is 6 gauge wire?
The size of the wire is stated by its gauge under American Wire Gauge. Six gauge wire is size 6 AWG.
Is 8 gauge weld wire fencing stronger than 10 gauge wire?
Wire gauges are defined in such a way that the lower the gauge, the thicker the wire. So, 8 gauge wire is thicker than 10 gauge wire.
