The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 年前The internet wouldn't allow thisstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1922arrow-down118
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minus-squareultracritical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Gauge is historically number of passes through gauging machine. With the machine and material in question being different for every single one. We took that and put it to a standard, so it’s super messy and makes no sense.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Well, I wonder what kind of gauging machine can do -3 passes for 0000 wire… /s Too bad AWG is so ubiquitous it’s starting to creep into Europe.
Gauge is historically number of passes through gauging machine. With the machine and material in question being different for every single one. We took that and put it to a standard, so it’s super messy and makes no sense.
Well, I wonder what kind of gauging machine can do -3 passes for 0000 wire… /s
Too bad AWG is so ubiquitous it’s starting to creep into Europe.