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Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2001 18:23:08 -0800
Reply-To:     mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: electrical experts: what ? -Wire Sizes
Comments: To: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
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Nope.

Assuming the Cross section is circular the formula is Pi times the radius squared. So 2 mm in diameter is 1 mm radius . Then square it 1 x1 = 1 times Pi 3.14 or so. Area is 3.14, diameter is 2.

I hope.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 5:53 PM Subject: Re: electrical experts: what ? -Wire Sizes

> I'm not a math genious here, but isn't 2^2 (square millimetre) the same as > 2mm in diameter? and 5^2 (5 square millimetres) 5mm in diameter? > > > David Marshall > > Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning > 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road > Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 > mailto:info@fastforward.ca http://www.fastforward.ca > Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 > > . Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions > . Transporter, Unimog and Iltis Sales > . European Lighting for most Audi and Volkswagen models > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Rico Sapolich > Sent: March 6, 2001 10:58 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: electrical experts: what ? -Wire Sizes > > > In a message dated 3/6/01 1:04:10 PM, dbeierl@attglobal.net writes: > > << while the decimal numbers are metric sizes, i.e., diameters in > millimeters. > > actually area in mm**2... >> > > David, > > How right you are, but what is it in circular-mils? > > Rich >


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