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Re: Wire Gauges Question

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
A larger gauge means a smaller gauge number.

And yeah, wire gauge is a really archaic way to measure wires. You'd think FIRST would be helping to inspire science and technology by actually using the units of measurement that have been adopoted by scientists and technologists around the world, eh? Edit: Add smiley here. :-)

Jason
At least in the states, you got such a large installed base of this archaic stuff that even you could wave your metric wand, engineers that work in the real world would still have to learn both systems. Don't get me started on pipe sizes.