Wire Calculator for Android

11 things about Wire Calculator

1. In commerce, the sizes of wire are estimated by a device, also called gauges, which consist of plates of circular or oblong form having notches of different widths around their edges to receive wire and sheet metals of different thicknesses.

2. Many gauges are made with a wedge-like slot into which the wire is thrust; one edge being graduated, the point at which the movement of the wire is arrested gives its size.

3. Just input source Voltage, Power/Current, and Distance and Wire Gauge Calculator will calculate the needed wire size in AWG and Circular Mils.

4. Advantages of this system include the ability to readily calculate the physical dimensions or weight of wire, ability to take account of non-circular wire, and ease of calculation of electrical properties.

5. Each notch is stamped with a number, and the wire or sheet, which just fits a given notch, is stated to be of, say, No.

6. The circular forms of wire gauge measurement devices are the most popular, and are generally 3¾ in.

7. A few gauges are made with holes into which the wire has to be thrust.

8. In some applications wire sizes are specified as the cross sectional area of the wire, usually in mm².

9. Results given for both Copper and Aluminum Wire.

10. The graduations are those of standard wire, or in thousandths of an inch.

11. 10, 11, 12, etc., of the wire gauge.