copper strip instead of copper wire... comparison.

[Lance_Wallen]

Assuming a .032" thick copper strip, how wide would it need to be to be roughly equal to a 20awg wire? I know 2awg wire is just shy of a milimeter in diameter without the insulator so I'd assume, using a solid piece of ultra-conductive copper sheet I could go pretty narrow, like 1.5m? Anyone have some actual facts on that by chance?

 

[perlionsmitnick]

Assuming a .032" thick copper strip, how wide would it need to be to be roughly equal to a 20awg wire? I know 2awg wire is just shy of a milimeter in diameter without the insulator so I'd assume, using a solid piece of ultra-conductive copper sheet I could go pretty narrow, like 1.5m? Anyone have some actual facts on that by chance?

Go grab the 20awg and a hammer and find out. Oh and a micrometer.

 

[asdaq]

20G is .81mm and .032", so cut it square.

Other useful sizes:

20g ---------.032"-----------.81mm

18g----------.040"---------1.02mm

16g---------.051"---------1.29mm

14g ---------.064"---------1.63mm

12g---------.081" ---------2.05mm

 

[Lance_Wallen]

You rock Asaq, thanks

 

[Java_Az]

I use flat speaker wire no pounding required

 

[asdaq]

Much more concise resource:

American wire gauge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lance, is that K&S Engineering copper strip? Size looks familiar.

 

[Lance_Wallen]

I'm planning on just using sheets of copper and cutting them to the length/width I want. This is for a fancy battery pack I'm making. Thanks again.