> thanks for the information. For many years I have been working with wiring,
> I had assumed that the gauge number had something to do with how many feet
> of wire made up a pound. Now I realize I was wrong.
Thanks for the reply,
Your not wrong, just wasn`t included in your education. Lets try to put
it in a proper perspective. Here we go.
Why did J.R. Brown do this in 1857? Not because of electricity.
1877,telephone invented. Wasn`t for the telephone.
1878,electric lighting invented. Wasn`t for lighting.
1858, first atlantic cable layed. Guess who worked on this project and
needed a tight spec on wire. You got it . Our Mr. Brown. The lead
mechanical engineer on the transatlantic cable project.
The telegraph was making its impact on the beginnings of our modern
word and the greatest thing happening was the attempt to put a telegraph
cable across the atlantic. It stopped working a few weeks after in went
into service, but what was learned led to the replacement in 1866 of a
new improved transatlantic cable.
So we see that the AWG was invented to solve the mechanical strength
problems of wire, not for any electrical consideration. Up to this time
wire was used for lifting things, holding things, hauling things, etc.
After the AWG, wire began to be used for power, lighting, telegraph,
telephone, radio, etc. With out the invention of AWG we may not have
progressed as rapidly as we have.
Bless you Bob Lee
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