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on 24/5/2003 2:14 AM, Jim Adney at jadney@vwtype3.org wrote: > A copper wire in that size will still probably have less than 1 Ohm per foot > resistance, and it will be too soft to stand up to the float sliding up and > down it for long. 40AWG copper wire would have 115 Ohms/ft, so that would be > close, but it is only .003" dia. > > Is the original wire magnetic, by any chance? Try a magnet on it. What about the wire used on the resistor thing on the bottom of voltage regulators? Isn't that a similar diameter wire? Ben Doughney '75 1200L '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL '65 1500N - Val http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org