I read in sci.electronics.design that Reg Edwards
wrote (in
) about 'wire size question', on Sun,
10 Apr 2005:
What wire gauge, if one at all, do metricated industrial countries
use?

France, Germany, Russia, China, for example.


There is an IEC standard, IEC 60317-0-1, which specifies a range of
metric diameters for enamelled copper winding wires.
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On Sat, 09 Apr 2005 09:30:23 -0700, Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark
Remover" wrote:


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"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:

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In sci.electronics.design Albert wrote:
Does anyone know how to measure or determine the wire size. I
have
tons of motors, solenoids, and similar items. I need some #24
wire
and
some #30 for a coil, but have to be sure regarding the wire
diameter
as it's a critical ap and the author of the article says 'don't
substitute'.

Micrometer.
Vernier caliper may also work.
Either under $30US.

I don't believe anyone uses vernier calipers anymore. I've got a
Helios
dial caliper made a long time ago in Deutschland, but nowadays a
caliper
with a LCD is probably a lot cheaper.

Ohhh... I assumed anyone serious would be using a Mitotuyo ? digital
LCD
vernier caliper anyway. We certainly have one.

I'm trying to figure out why they would be called vernier when they have a
LCD display.


To distingush it from a micrometer caliper at one end of the tool
spectrum, and a monkey wrench at the other. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

BTW, speaking of tapes.. I read that the company that made Irish and
Ampex tape has closed. Looks like everyone has been going to CD-Rs.
Who still makes audio recording tape? I thought Ampex was the last.

Whoa! Right now I have four shoeboxes of old Morse-code tapes sitting
on the workbench waiting to be carried out to the trashcan. Should I
advertise them on Ebay instead?
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On 12 Apr 2005 17:23:26 -0500, the renowned wrote:

BTW, speaking of tapes.. I read that the company that made Irish and
Ampex tape has closed. Looks like everyone has been going to CD-Rs.
Who still makes audio recording tape? I thought Ampex was the last.

Whoa! Right now I have four shoeboxes of old Morse-code tapes sitting
on the workbench waiting to be carried out to the trashcan. Should I
advertise them on Ebay instead?

Got any old copies of _Electronics_ magazine? This one probably passed
through many of our hands...

http://wantitnow.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...did=6955863859

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wrote in message ...
BTW, speaking of tapes.. I read that the company that made Irish and
Ampex tape has closed. Looks like everyone has been going to CD-Rs.
Who still makes audio recording tape? I thought Ampex was the last.

Whoa! Right now I have four shoeboxes of old Morse-code tapes sitting
on the workbench waiting to be carried out to the trashcan. Should I
advertise them on Ebay instead?

Depends. Some tapes (reportedly mostly from the 1970s) disintegrate. A
couple of years ago I had no trouble playing my tapes from the late 1960s,
but...

Got any old copies of _Electronics_ magazine? This one probably passed
through many of our hands...

http://wantitnow.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...did=6955863859

In fact it prompted one of our librarians to go and get our university's
copy of it and lock it away...

mc wrote:

wrote in message ...


Whoa! Right now I have four shoeboxes of old Morse-code tapes sitting
on the workbench waiting to be carried out to the trashcan. Should I
advertise them on Ebay instead?


Depends. Some tapes (reportedly mostly from the 1970s) disintegrate. A
couple of years ago I had no trouble playing my tapes from the late 1960s,
but...


I'd attempt to hawk em on ebay before tossing them. Maybe somebody can
do something with them regardless of condition or relevance of code
practice. It doesn't make sense to just cart them to the dump without
trying.

-Bill

"Reg Edwards" writes:

Which gauge are you using?

British Standard wire gauge (SWG) ?
American wire gauge (AWG) ?
Birmingham wire gauge (BWG) ?
Navy Gauge?

{I recall US Navy had some scheme that was its alone; sizes were
directly proportional to label...}


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