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On 1 Oct 2003 at 21:06, Dave Hall wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > i asked someone and they told me that > > Constantan thermocouple wire, about 46 gauge > > has the right resistance. > I think I remember looking that up in tables a while ago, but has anyone > actually measured the diameter (of a dead one?) to see if it is 46 gauge? It > sounds too thin to me, but I haven't had one apart for maybe 10 years. The stuff really is pretty small, but I've always gotten the impression that it may not even be round. It has always seemed just a bit flattened to me. I don't know whether that would be important, but if it were round it would wear flat a bit at first and maybe that makes it get uncalibrated too quickly. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org