thecornman
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Post by thecornman on May 30, 2008 19:19:05 GMT -5
I have a pickup that the wires have been cut short on and I have a question about what kind of wire I was going to use to extend them? I picked up some 22 gauge hook-up wire the other day that is copper and insulated and was thinking this would do the trick. What do you say?
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Post by ChrisK on May 30, 2008 23:14:50 GMT -5
Most pickup windings are #42 to #44 AWG solid wire. From 43 to 22 is 21 gauge sizes.
Since the cross sectional area of wire doubles/halves for every 3 sizes, that is 2^7 or 128 times smaller in current carrying capability.
#22 AWG will be fine.
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