Differences in Wire Gauges

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Hello! This is Ross on behalf of expertvillage.com. Wire thickness is measured in gauge. The bigger the number, the smaller the wire. For instance, house wiring is commonly 14 gauge or sometimes might be 12 gauge if it needs to handle more current and it is not stranded typically for a house wire like this, this is of one solid piece of copper wire not strand just solid, that is fine. You are going to wire through the house. You are not intending to move it or flex it, but here is another piece of wire that is graded gives the flexibility without breaking as quick, it is more maneuverable. Speaker wire that will be braided now this is pretty fixed speaker wire. Sometimes, the speaker wire you get with the unit, that you buy the source like 22 gauge something thinner. This is 16 gauge wire here. This one solid, this is 20 gauge. This thinner stuff here is 24 gauge. Now typically in electronics we are really running small currents through them. See you do not need a real thick wire in most of your circuits. As a matter of fact this wire wrap wire, which is great for connecting points on the back of your test board that is 26 gauge wire.

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