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Re: Re: Mains installation in garden



yep, I think you're right ... 'though still area rather than
diameter ...

4mm2 is quite a lot, we've used a stranded version for our speaker
cables ... made a big difference ....

Chris


On 9 May 2007, at 19:39, rb_ziggy wrote:

> I thought (not sure now) the wire was quoted in square millimetres so
> it is already an area. Doesn't that make it 4/2.5 or 1.6 so not quite
> halved??
>
> Richard
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Chris Hunter <cjhunter@...> wrote:
>>
>> in proportion to area (ie: diameter^2) rather than diameter, I
>> think ...
>>
>> so 4mm2 => 4x4 / 2.5x2.5 = 16 / 6.25 => a bit better than
halved ....
>>
>> (sorry, 'being pedantic)
>>
>> Chris




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