Author Topic: Multiple in hand wire for coil windings (Read 820 times)

DFIII · « **on:** May 06, 2009, 05:14:54 PM »

I was wondering if there was a conversion chart to figure out wire equivalents such as, what gauge would 2 22awg wires 2 in hand equal.

I would like to think that you just double the diamiter and check the chart but I don't believe that it really works that way.

Flux · « **Reply #1 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:41:28 AM »

The American AWG system results in a number 3 lower being twice the csa.

If you use 2 in hand #22 it is equivalent to a single #19.

I can't see what other virtue the scheme possess, everyone else uses diameter.

Flux

dbcollen · « **Reply #2 on:** May 06, 2009, 11:43:13 AM »

3 wire sizes equals twice the cross section, so if you need twice as big as 22g, you would use 19g.

Dustin

Ungrounded Lightning Rod · « **Reply #3 on:** May 06, 2009, 08:50:23 PM »

You multiply the diameter by the square root of two to double the cross section area. Multiplying the diameter by two multiplies the area by four.

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