Questions tagged [wire]
A length of conductive material used as a conductor of electricity.
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What is the equivalent AWG of 1/4 inch soft copper tubing?
Out of curiosity, what is the equivalent AWG of 1/4 inch copper tubing?
The tubing would be mostly hollow; how much current would it be rated for?
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Wire size for 16 V, 83 F capacitor [closed]
I have a capacitor bank circuit (16 V, 83 F). I got it from AliExpress. I am planning to install it in my car parallel to my car battery (car battery capacity: 12 V, 50 Ah). Could you please suggest ...
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Choosing a strong/flexible wire for Piezo bender
I am using AB4113B
The issue: Due to vibrations wire soldered on the Piezo is breaking.
The setup: Piezo (metal end) soldered on a PCB directly, and wire is soldered on ceramic part to a PCB pad close ...
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Magnetic Force Between 3 parallel conductors
I have a problem with 3 parallel conductors carrying currents, as shown in the picture. I need to determine the force per meter length acting on the bottom-right conductor (carrying current I2).
I ...
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Wire Harness Schematic : Use of Brackets between conductors
I have looked add several documents concerning themself with wire harness schematics. I am having a hard time identifying the meaning of the brackets between several individual conductors tied to a ...
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EV charger individual cable insulation
Are the internal conductor strands inside the Level 1, level 2, level 3 EV chargers bare or do they have a coat of insulation? I know the conductor strands combined as a wire have a sheath of rubber ...
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Can I use thicker wires or twisted pair for Ethernet?
I'm planning to use 2 types of connectors:
A : GND + 24V + 100Mbps ethernet (4 wires) + 2 wires with various functions
B : 1 Gbps ethernet with PoE (8 wires)
For type B, I found of the shelf ...
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Name of very thin wires with insulation removed with soldering iron
Last time I visited my PCB manufacturer to do some modifications on a prototype PCB, they used some very thin wire (probably something like AWG 30-35) where they just burned away the insulation with ...
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How can I find the diameter of a wire if I have the length and resistance? I cannot use measuring tool because wire is thinner than 0.1 mm
As the title suggests; I am trying to calculate the diameter of a wire given its length and resistance.
Specifications:
Length: 30.4 cm
Resistance: 17 Ω
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Can I charge laptop with wire 20awg
My laptop has a maximum power is 170W, 20V, and I often use it with max power.
My adapter has a broken power jack and I must change the wire that supplies power for the charge.
I use wire 20awg, the ...
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What happens if a 5 V 2.4 A supply is connected to a 21 gauge nichromium wire of 0.79 ohms/ft?
If I connect a USB power supply, rated for 2.4 A max. at 5 V, to a 1 ft 21 gauge nichrome hot wire (resistance 0.79 ohms/ft), what would happen?
Would the wire still heat up, but not much, or will my ...
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What length of nichrome wire would I need to create a hand warmer to reach a max of 70°C?
The following are the details of the wire I have:
Nichrom 80, 32 Gauge (0.2744 mm diameter), measured resistance 6.84 ohms/foot or 22.44 ohms/m.
I'm planning on powering this only via USB so my max ...
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Forming 12AWG Copper Stranded Wire
Looking for some advice on how I would go about bending 12 AWG stranded copper wire into a U shape.
It is part of a harness that gimbals, so I’d like to form it to reduce the preload exerted onto the ...
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What is this black thing on my mouse's cable? Is it related to the mouse not working? [closed]
I was curious so I got an old mouse that doesn't work and decided to try and fix it. I got it open and tested the four wires coming from the cable with a multimeter but nothing anywhere. I thought ...
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How can I emulate the signal sent by a PC sync cable to a Flash from an embedded computing board?
I have a speedlight multispectral flash (KV-FL1) with a PC sync cable that essentially sends an electrical signal when a camera's shutter opens to tell it to fire. PC sync is a Prontour-Compour ...
