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Originally Posted by Hartley18
Interesting link. I've been around a while but I've never come across a "circular mil" before. If I didn't know better I'd have thought it might be something you grind flour on!! We'd call it "square millimeters" over here. It's amazing what you learn on Sailnet...  |
LOL about the flour grind!!! While all wires have a "circular mil" (unit of area)it is mainly used on the US system for the larger gauge wires. Starting at 250 MCM, it is a direct relation to the circular mil size, which for 250MCM is 250,000 circular mils.