Use different size wire in electro clutch?
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From: bg on 17 Dec 2009 13:06 Eeyore wrote in message <016dce67$0$14148$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>... >DaveC wrote: >> The coil in an industrial electromagnetic clutch (connecting the flywheel to >> the drive mechanism) has gone open-circuit. So it is being rewound by a motor >> rewind shop. >> >> I was just informed that the original wire was about 12 ga. (maybe slightly >> larger; original was metric) but it was rewound using 10 ga. > >Why do Americans persist in using stupid AWG that no-one else in the >world uses except to entertain you ? > >Have you never heard of mm^2 ? > >Graham Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !
From: Ron on 17 Dec 2009 13:35 bg wrote: > Eeyore wrote in message <016dce67$0$14148$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>... >> DaveC wrote: >>> The coil in an industrial electromagnetic clutch (connecting the flywheel > to >>> the drive mechanism) has gone open-circuit. So it is being rewound by a > motor >>> rewind shop. >>> >>> I was just informed that the original wire was about 12 ga. (maybe > slightly >>> larger; original was metric) but it was rewound using 10 ga. >> Why do Americans persist in using stupid AWG that no-one else in the >> world uses except to entertain you ? >> >> Have you never heard of mm^2 ? >> >> Graham > > Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers ! > > of course as any fool knows it should be either SWG or thousanths of an inch ;)
From: John Fields on 17 Dec 2009 15:25 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:06:47 -0700, "bg" <bg(a)nospam.com> wrote: > >Eeyore wrote in message <016dce67$0$14148$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>... >>DaveC wrote: >>> The coil in an industrial electromagnetic clutch (connecting the flywheel >to >>> the drive mechanism) has gone open-circuit. So it is being rewound by a >motor >>> rewind shop. >>> >>> I was just informed that the original wire was about 12 ga. (maybe >slightly >>> larger; original was metric) but it was rewound using 10 ga. >> >>Why do Americans persist in using stupid AWG that no-one else in the >>world uses except to entertain you ? >> >>Have you never heard of mm^2 ? >> >>Graham > >Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers ! --- I prefer base 21. JF
From: John Fields on 17 Dec 2009 16:02 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:27:19 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)removethishotmail.com> wrote: >DaveC wrote: >> The coil in an industrial electromagnetic clutch (connecting the flywheel to >> the drive mechanism) has gone open-circuit. So it is being rewound by a motor >> rewind shop. >> >> I was just informed that the original wire was about 12 ga. (maybe slightly >> larger; original was metric) but it was rewound using 10 ga. > >Why do Americans persist in using stupid AWG that no-one else in the >world uses except to entertain you ? --- Because we like to be entertained by watching loons like you go bonkers when we force you to step outside of your wretched little comfort zones? America: "Hello, Europe, we'd like to buy 50,000 pounds of #10 AWG OFHC double formvar magnet wire. Europe: But... but all we have is metric sizes, in kilograms, boo hoo. --- >Have you never heard of mm^2 ? --- Sure we have. So what? JF
From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Dec 2009 16:34
John Fields wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:06:47 -0700, "bg" <bg(a)nospam.com> wrote: > > > >Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers ! > > I prefer base 21. Only because 42 is the second number in that base. :) -- Offworld checks no longer accepted! |