On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 21:14:01 GMT, d57tbird
m wrote:

replying to Nexus7, d57tbird wrote:
Old 14 gauge strips with a 12 gauge notch on my wire stripper. the newest
batch of 14 gauge is too thin to strip well with my stripper. Visually, the
old 12 gauge is like modern 10, old 14 is like modern 12. As the price of
copper goes up, the wire gets thinner. It seems like it may be a more brittle
or stiffer alloy in the modern wire. Not sure if the alloy allows more current
or if we are being cheated.
The wire itself is the same size. The insulation is significantly
thinner. The wire HAS to be the same size unless it is counterfit
Chinese crap.