The first includes all the older gauge measurements, notably the Birmingham gauge (B.W.G. Wire gauges may be broadly divided into two groups, the empirical and the geometric.
This determines the amount of electric current the wire can safely carry, as well as its electrical resistance and weight. Wire gauge is a measurement of wire diameter. JSTOR ( January 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī device for measuring American wire gauge.Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
