Use different size wire in electro clutch?

Why do Americans persist in using stupid AWG that no-one else in the world uses except to entertain you ?

Have you never heard of mm^2 ?

Graham

It'll be roughly the same if the volume of conductor in the winding is the same.

Probably higher. Larger gauge wire (lower resistance), fewer turns (if the winding volume is a limiting factor). Its the ampere turns that affect the strength.

I see taps on the trnsformer secondary. It might be possible to compensate for the winding change by selecting a lower voltage tap. If that doesn't interfere with the other relay(?) sharing the tap.

Forget how to convert Graham?

I don't think 10 awg will be a problem, as long as the # of turns is the same. Measure the current to be sure.

Cheers

if the wire is a little thicker, the current might be a little higher and the magnetic strength would be a little higher.

looks like you could change the xformer tap to the 30v location if needed. or add a small resistor in series.

Mark

You paint with a wide brush. I'd be perfectly content to use metric, and end up using both systems regularly but it's not as if it's up to me what the whole country uses.

We don't need to dumb things down to a level for idiots to be able to do the math.

Oh I can convert. Trouble is, IME a single gauge can cover a range of CSAs. Plus it's pointlessly and wastefully time consuming.

Graham

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Now that is a helpful comment. Maybe because we are??? Why are there three distinct classes of units in physics? (eventhough SI units are somewhat universal). Cross sectional area and diameter are basic parameters that engineers understand and taught to convert between any system of units. Difference between an engineer and an hack? I like blue, you may like purple. Our rocket went to the moon, you don't have one...Sheese, don't ya have enough nits to pick?

-John

Mostly inertia, of course. On the other hand, the AWG scale is right simple to use to swag the nominal wire resistance, given that it's a log scale and starting with AWG 10 = 1 ohm/1000 feet (yeah, "feet" but ...).

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Metric is for people that have to count on their fingers !

of course as any fool knows it should be either SWG or thousanths of an inch ;)

Only because 42 is the second number in that base. :)

And you dont care about the rest of the world? If you want a clear answer ask a clear question. Dont hide behind obscure local encodings.

motor

Forget the dumb donkey. He's just another jealous Europeon.

The subject excites you?

Everyone knows that 42 is in base 13. ;-)

That's enough arguing already! Lets compromise and use the FFF units system.

-- Paul Hovnanian snipped-for-privacy@hovnanian.com

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