A length of conductive material used as a conductor of electricity.
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Which wires goes to appliance's ground and on/off switch?
I have an electric hair trimmer whose power kept getting interrupted. I knew the problem was in a particular spot in the cord because when it would bend there, the trimmer would lose power. I cut ...
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Does there exist a switch with wire already attached to it? [closed]
Maybe it's a silly question, but I lose a great amount of time to solder wire to an on-on 6 row (DPSP) switch. I would like to know if there is a switch sold somewhere (cheap) with wire already ...
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Is it possible for an energy source of 4.7mW to heat a Nichrome wire to 800°F [427°C]?
I am trying to understand if it will be possible for an energy source with an output of 4.7mW at 47% efficiency to power a 35AWG Nichrome wire (think dime sized coil) to 700-800 degrees F.
If it is ...
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DD50 equivalent?
I've been looking around and can't find a definitive answer, so I figured I'd ask here.
I'm completely new to electronics. This past Fourth of July I made a simple firework launcher using DB15 as the ...
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Does solid/multi-stranded/Litz wire make a difference in binary serial output?
I'm using two shift registers to control 16 digital outputs using only 3 pins on my microcontroller. The parallel outputs carry <= 20 mA DC, their sole purpose is to power LEDs. My microcontroller ...
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Inferring number of strands from AWG -> mm
If there is "16AWG" 1.34mm CSA wire, is it possible to figure out the strand count?
I am thinking it might be possible as AWG is about overall diameter. So 16AWG should have a diameter of 1.291, but ...
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Physical Wire Size Confusion
I'm going to get this wire for a simple project, and I need to get some heat shrink for it. My problem is that I can't figure out the diameter of the individual insulated wires. There are going to ...
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How much power dissipated in a wire?
i"m designing a long metal1 wire. The parasitic capacitors and resistors are callculated.
I want to have an ac voltage at the output end of the line ( 0 - 3.3 V ) at 1GHz.
How can i calculate the ...
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How to connect to 30 awg Nichrome wire to 28 awg wire?
I'm looking for a quick way to connect my 30 awg Nichrome wire to some 28 awg stranded wire and have tried an inline splice and crimped-on receptacles.
For my project I'll potentially be making lots ...
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Physically determine unknown wire's gauge
Is there any way to easily and accurately determine the gauge of stranded wire by measuring it?
I know you can pretty easily determine the gauge of solid-core wire with just a pair of calipers by ...
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Should I use Magnet Wire as a conductor in this experiment?
I need to run a few wires from a HMC5883L compass sensor to a micro-controller to process the data. Can I use magnet wire to carry the signals from the sensor to the micro-controller or would the ...
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What is the welding technique heater manufacturers use to connect nichrome wire to copper terminals
I have made hundreds of very reliable nichrome to copper connections using a torch and silver solder (brazing).
Due to the high cost of silver I would like to investigate the welding process that ...
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Can you send data usefully over one wire, literally one wire?
It is possible to design networking systems that only use two wires: one for data and one for a common ground. Examples include 1-wire and Pin&Play. These are called single wire systems because ...
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Strange I2C behavior: sometime it works, some time it doesn't
I am using Arduino Ethernet with PoE and Arduino Uno boards. In recent days I implemented a working I2C bus by using the Wire library and all it seemed almost to ...
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Will crimped wire or soldered wire carry a current better?
I am running a 160amp DC current through a 1/0awg wire. Will the connection be more reliable with crimped connections, soldered connections, or screw terminals?
I have looked online and it seems ...
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How do I calculate the voltage needed to heat up a wire to a certain temperature?
The wire I am using is standard temp. nitinol wire which needs to be heated up to 45 degrees Celsius in order to be effective (move). What voltage do I need to achieve this?
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How can I power the blue LEDs separetely on this aquarium light?
I have a Beamswork LED aquarium light like this. It has a 3 way switch:
All LEDs off
Blue LEDs on only
White AND blue LEDs on
It has a single mains power plug.
What I want to do is make it have ...
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Wires resistant to frequent bending for use in headphones
I'm tired of continuously fixing wire on headphones.
Can you recommend good wire that resistant to the frequent bending and thus will be last ultimate replacement as headphone wire ?
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Coaxial cable theory
Well I was learning transmission but I got a bit confused when I came to coaxial cables transmission at radio frequency.
What I am lost is how the waves are propagating in the cable, I was thinking ...
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Checking materials (cheapest possible) to be used for a solar dark-detecting LED light bulb circuit
I want to make this circuit, which includes a joule thief:
It's for a solar dark-detecting LED light; and I'm trying to follow this guide: ...
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Send a signal through the powerline [closed]
I would like to what is the easiest and cheapest way of sending a signal through a 110 volt outlet wiring to another outlet on the same phase or on a different phase. I would like to know if a light, ...
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Which tool do I have to use for wire connector?
I want to make the wire connector as the screen below. What tool do I need to use and how can I make it?
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Limitation of baud due to propagation of voltage over distance
I need to make sure I have my facts straight here; the math works but I may be missing something:
In a 100BaseTX network over Cat-5 copper, each party has a circuit (one twisted pair) on which they ...
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Mains on a single core wire?
I have some single core wires normally used in simple breadboard circuits to handle 5V.
I have built a power supply circuit on a perfboard, with a standard transformer + capacitor + 7805 build. Can ...
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How to use a capacitive touch screen without a human hand
I'm a programmer, and I usually hang out over on stack overflow, but I have a electricity question.
I'm trying to interact with an APP on my phone by indirectly touching the the screen. Modern ...
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Are all of the wires in headphones copper?
My broken headphones have different colored wires. Are the red, green and blue ones also copper?
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How to calculate voltage drop over and power loss in wires
How do I calculate the voltage drop over wires given a supply voltage and a current? How do I anticipate on voltage drop so that the final load has the correct supply voltage?
What will be the power ...
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wire limits when attached to high voltage 220v [closed]
I have my home electricity wires,
and I want to attach directly a set of wires that will be plugged into a controller box with power supply.
that power supply was a phone charger that i adapted into ...
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Wire broke off and stuck in a header
I'm working with an Arduino, and one of the stripped portions of the wire broke off at some point and managed to get pretty wedged into the 5V pin slot. Obviously, this wouldn't matter as much for a ...
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Why do some wires in my turntable have plastic covers over them?
I recently purchased a turntable. I spent a good chuck of cash on it - and it sounds great but has trouble keeping speed.
I am starting to retrofit it with a brush less motor that will be controlled ...
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I2C Capacitance
I'm using an I2C interface for my e-compass and controller. The capacitance of the e-compass I2C pin is 20pF, and that of the I2C controller is approximately 40pF.
But the problem is: I want to use a ...
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Crimping tool basics
When I design a printed circuit board, I often put 100mil male header anywhere. Sometimes I think it would be better to place some connectors for more reliability. Anyone here knows which ...
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Thin profile wire joins and forks
I've a project where I'm installing some LED lighting. I am currently using crimp connectors and electrical tape to join two pieces of wire or fork wire, but I find this to be ugly. I would like to ...
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What thickness of wire should be used to power Arduino on 9 meters?
I have built a standalone Arduino device which has a few buttons, LED's and one servo. I also have a power source which on the casing says 4.9VDC ~ 700mA. (Actual reading is 5.7V). This power source ...
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How to remove enamel from wire?
I want to repair my computer mouse cable witch is disconnected.
the cable has enamel and I have to remove it before soldering on the board.
How should I remove the enamel?
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What factors affect the brightness of electroluminescent wire?
I'm interested in experimenting with creating my own electroluminescent (EL) wire. I've seen some videos on creating your own by Jeri Ellsworth. I have a few additional questions.
I understand that ...
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power cable: more strands, or bigger strands?
I have two types of 4awg wire to chose from to wire an inverter in my jeep. One of them has about a dozen 20awg wires inside of it, and the other has about 100 super little wires inside of it. Both ...
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Prevent Water Piping from Freezing (price is everything) [closed]
I realise that there are a bunch of specific pre-made solutions for preventing pipe freezing but I think I should be able to do it way cheaper myself (I am assuming that the pre-made stuff has quite a ...
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If a wire is rated 10A, 120v AC. How many amps could I put through it of 13.8v DC?
I am using a wire that is rated 10Amps at 120v ACwith a car headlight and a SLA battery. About how many amps could this wire carry before getting warm or melting of DC current at 13.8volts?
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Hardware problem. Cannot connect touch pad [closed]
I have HP DV200 notebook. Few weeks ago my motherboard burnt and i bought new one 30b5 . I`ve built everything works good but i cannot connect touch pad on motherboard.
My touch pad have 8 pin wire ...
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Fixing/Replacing Conductor Ribbon Cable
I tried to fix a keyboard that was having some intermittent issues by cleaning the conductors on the ribbon cable. I used an emery-board to rub off the rust and patina on the pins at the end of the ...
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individual ethernet cable wire uses
I'm going to use ethernet cable as a long range cable for serial (5v) and power (5V and 16V, almost no A) and I remember reading that because of the loops in the wire and the impedance effect some ...
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Using both SPI.h and Wire.h I am stuck waiting for SPI transmission
I am using the Si4735 shield and Arduino Uno to play FM radio. When I try to perform some tasks on the Si4735 I need to do an SPI transfer and I use this function:
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4 colored wires in a cellphone charger [closed]
I'm trying to recycle an old cell phone charger to power something else. I've cut the tip off and I see 4 wires... with following colors: red, green, blue, and yellow. I can't figure out which ones ...
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How long a lead may be used to connect a component to a circuit?
When out of town I'm thinking of using an LDR with a 555-relay driver to periodically toggle the lights in a few rooms at night, and a thermistor near an incandescent bulb to kill the circuit when the ...
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What use is the reference node in nodal analysis?
Rules for identifying a reference node in a nodal analysis of a circuit include;
Node with largest # of elements
Max # of voltage sources
Node of symmetry
My question is, whats the point?
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How to fix a broken sub connection and wire?
The wire connecting to my sub has snapped off, and it brought the metal connector piece with it.
I don't want to buy a new sub, but it looks like this is going to be hard to repair. Anyone have ...
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Name of connector for attaching to bolt
I have a heating element (essentially a very resistive wire) that has two threaded bolt-like connectors on each end. I want to avoid soldering any components of the heating element, so I asked a ...
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Is it possibile to manually wire a displayport cable?
I have to pass such a cable trought a small hole in a wall.
Since that the connector is to big to pass trough, the only way to do so is to cut the cable, pass it and than wire it manually.
Do I have ...
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How can I find out which wires are the primary wires on this transformer?
About the amp:
This is from an old solid state audio amplifier with an AM/FM tuner. No digital parts or ICs were inside. It was all point to point. Unfortunately I threw out the amp and didn't write ...
