[sdiy] Wire gauge vs resistance

[Don Tillman]

   > Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 11:28:00 -0700
   > From: Kevin Lightner <synthfool at synthfool.com>
   > 
   > Is there any chart or formula for approx wire resistance?
   > (Solid copper, not stranded, etc.)
   > 
   > Something that takes length and gauge and provides a rough 
   > expectation of basic DC resistance?

Hey Kevin,

Before the interweb one would just refer to the table in one of the
last two chapters of the Radio Amateur's Handbook.

Now in the 21st century, just do a Google search for "copper wire
table".

The resistance is spec'd in ohms/1000-feet (or ohms/km for you metric
folks).

  -- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
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