What is Wire Gauge?

Most recent answer: 01/02/2010

Q:
What is wire guaging?
- Alinnor genevieve
Lagos,Nigeria
A:
The gauge of a wire is simply related to its diameter.  There are several different schemes for converting gauge number to diameter, for example the AWG gauge used in the United States or the British Standard Gauge, SWG.   The metric folk use square millimeters. 
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LeeH

(published on 01/02/2010)