Re: UNITS

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

The AWG system makes sense, there is never confusion about "are you talking
diameter or cross sectional area" as with metric. We do have MCM for large
wires, but again, it's simple - MCM = 1000 circualr mils, that's it. What is
say 0,8mm wire supposed to be?

KEN

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Subject: Re: UNITS


 > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >
 > Its just the opposite here.  If someone says 14AWG, 20AWG, 30AWG, i know
 > exactly what that wire is.  When you guys start quoting wires in mm, i
often
 > find
 > myself converting to see what the equivalent AWG gauge is.
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >  > yes. When we started using S.i. I found electronic calculations much
 >  > more logical, all the formulas made sense and not so many
 >  > co-efficients.Still I battle when sombody talks in "AWG" instead of mm,
 >  > etc, if you say 1mm winding wire I know what it means but 22AWG means
 >  > nothing to me.
 >
 >
 >