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Default Use different size wire in electro clutch?



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DaveC wrote:
The coil in an industrial electromagnetic clutch (connecting the
flywheel to the drive mechanism) has gone open-circuit. So it is
being rewound by a motor rewind shop.

I was just informed that the original wire was about 12 ga. (maybe
slightly larger; original was metric) but it was rewound using 10 ga.


Why do Americans persist in using stupid AWG that no-one else in the
world uses except to entertain you ?

Have you never heard of mm^2 ?

Graham


Forget how to convert Graham?

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/awg-wire-gauge-d_731.html

I don't think 10 awg will be a problem, as long as the # of turns is the
same. Measure the current to be sure.

Cheers