Questions tagged [wire]
A length of conductive material used as a conductor of electricity.
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Identify kind of cable with markings such as "WE-B 2 PAIR" on the jacket
While cleaning out our back yard shed, I came across a coil of cable of a kind that I have never seen before (image below). It was left here by the previous home owner, who worked in some kind of ...
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How to find the right connector?
I have gotten the task of finding an appropriate connector for our application, but given so much information there is on connectors, I don't even know which information is relevant.
So this is the ...
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What type of wire do you recommend for "breadboard jumpers" where the insulation doesn't melt?
Every kind of 24AWG solid core wire I've gotten from Amazon over the years has this same problem. If you want to have lovely neat organized breadboards/perf board circuits, you try to bend the wire to ...
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Super tweeter: voice coil wire gauge x power rating apparent inconsistency?
I'm an amateur electronics experimenter/enthusiast. I have an 8-ohm super tweeter from JBL (sold in Brazil as model ST200) whose RMS power with passive crossover is 100W @ 8kHz. It's quite a large ...
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Analytical solution for the characteristic impedance along vertical wire over PEC ground plane (at given point h)?
For the purpose of TL transformer simulation I need a solution for the characteristic impedance of vertical wire, with radius a, at the infinitesimally short segment - not point, at the height h above ...
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50 Hz noise from mains plug even though it isn't connected to a power source
I am developing a front-end for a smart meter and I'm trying to measure the mains by using a power lead with the other end spliced to connect it to the front-end. I firstly powered the setup with a ...
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Wire gauge to connect to chassis in van
I'm building an AC electrical system for my van conversion and I'd like to know if there's a minimum wire gauge I should use to connect my negative bus bar to my van's chassis.
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I'm running a ...
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Is there a limit on the current carrying capacity of a wire?
Obviously, for continuous current there is - the melting point. If it is superconducting, the field strength at which it quenches. OTOH if we specify a pulse of arbitrarily short timescale in order to ...
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Capacitance among N conductors
I would like to have a rough estimate of the capacitance per unit length of a system composed by N parallel identical straight wires.
I tried to sketch the capacitance network but I'm able to solve it ...
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Cable harness plan design question about dimension representation
Maybe this isn't realy a 100% electronic question.
I need to send a drawing of a cable harness to a subcontractor.
My problem is that my predecessor represent the dimensions like this:
And I'm pretty ...
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Confusion in number of turns and strands in flyback transformer
I am designing my own discontinuous mode flyback transformer and am following the book Transfomers and Inductors Design Handbook by Colonel. Wm. T. Mclyman. I have used all the equations of the ...
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Power folding mirrors are 12 V (10 A fuse) and the wire is short. Should I add 12 gauge extension wire?
Power folding mirrors are 12 V (10 A fuse) and the wire is short. Should I add 12 gauge extension wire?
The power folding mirrors' functionality works when the door unlock or locks which has a fuse of ...
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Getting rid of AC DC adapters
Getting rid of AC/DC adapters
I'm aware of the above question but feel it didn't address my situation.
Note: Robot meant to be an underwater ROV(Remotely operated vehicle)
I'm designing a robot and ...
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What are the components I would need for an electromagnet with the given specifications?
I need to make an electromagnet that exerts at least 5 times its own weight on a ferromagnetic material kept 0.03 m away.
I know that:
F = [(number of turns × current)2 × magnetic constant(4 × pi × 10-...
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Heat concerns using 12/14 AWG wire for 30A 5V DC power over shorter distances?
I’m hoping for some advice on wire gauges in practice with respect to heat/safety. I am planning an LED strip setup and have created the following diagram:
The setup is designed to be modular, A ...
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