May I ask, where does the gauge # come from and how is it defined? The relationship between gauge and strands is quite linear (inversely? I'm not clear on what the context for 23/25/etc is). 

I know this is no longer V-gon related and it's not yet Friday. I'm simply curious.

Feel free to wait until Friday to respond, this isn't a time-sensitive query :-) And of course I can do my own google too.

Regards, Peter Kraiker
nextchapter.kraikerphoto.com
Toronto, ON, Canada
'82 L Westfalia 1.9 TD 5 Spd (Babe)

On 2012-10-24, at 10:22 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

>> 
>> Wire Gauge      Stranding       Ampacity        Corrected       Standard Usage
>> 10              19x23           30              n/a             30
>> 12              19x25           25              20              20
>> 14              19x27           18              14.4            15
>> 16              19x29           13              10.4            10
>> 18              not listed      10               8               8