Use different size wire in electro clutch?
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From: Sjouke Burry on 17 Dec 2009 17:29 James Sweet wrote: > Eeyore 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 ? >> >> Have you never heard of mm^2 ? >> >> Graham > > > You paint with a wide brush. I'd be perfectly content to use metric, and > end up using both systems regularly but it's not as if it's up to me > what the whole country uses. And you dont care about the rest of the world? If you want a clear answer ask a clear question. Dont hide behind obscure local encodings.
From: krw on 17 Dec 2009 18:38 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:55:03 -0800 (PST), jjh <jjhudak(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Dec 16, 9:27�pm, Eeyore ><rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(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 ? >> >> Have you never heard of mm^2 ? >> >> Graham > >Now that is a helpful comment. Maybe because we are??? Why are there >three distinct classes of units in physics? (eventhough SI units are >somewhat universal). Cross sectional area and diameter are basic >parameters that engineers understand and taught to convert between any >system of units. Difference between an engineer and an hack? I like >blue, you may like purple. Our rocket went to the moon, you don't >have one...Sheese, don't ya have enough nits to pick? Forget the dumb donkey. He's just another jealous Europeon.
From: krw on 17 Dec 2009 18:41 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:42 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >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. The subject excites you? > Only because 42 is the second number in that base. :) Everyone knows that 42 is in base 13. ;-)
From: John Fields on 17 Dec 2009 20:32 On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:34:42 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >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. :) --- Nope, it's because I can use all my "digits" to count with. ;) JF
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E. on 17 Dec 2009 20:54
That's enough arguing already! Lets compromise and use the FFF units system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_system -- Paul Hovnanian paul(a)hovnanian.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel. |