At 18:04 6/15/2000, Mark Watts wrote:
>V=IR Let's see someone measure the resistance of the Hella wire.

Ohms per *five* feet, annealed electrical-grade copper, American Wire Gauge:
18 ga -- .032
16 ga -- .020
14 ga -- .013
12 ga -- .008
10 ga -- .005
  8 ga -- .003
  6 ga -- .002
  4 ga -- .0012

Amps per 100 millivolts across those same five feet:
18 ga -- 3.1
16 ga -- 5.0
14 ga -- 7.9
12 ga -- 12.6
10 ga -- 20.0
  8 ga -- 31.8
  6 ga -- 50.6
  4 ga -- 80.5

>Betcha it's around 1 ohm. Hope this is right

Factor of ten would make you a scientist.  Factor of two would make you an
engineer.  Factor of 50 or more makes you wrong, usually... <g>  33 AWG
wire (.007 in, 0.18 mm diameter) would be about one ohm for five feet.  The
fuse will have more resistance than the whole rest of the wire, quite likely.

:)
david

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