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2B&S 3B&S

Post by chimpboy »

For some reason I've never come across this terminology before... what size is 2B&S or 3B&S cable in mm2?
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Post by ausoops »

i think its AWG sizing
2 gauge is ~35mm^2
3 gauge is~25mm^2
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Post by -Scott- »

www.justfarkingoogleit.com wrote:AWG [American Wire Gauge] may also be called the Brown and Sharpe (B&S) Wire Gauge.
http://www.interfacebus.com/Copper_Wire_AWG_SIze.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_gauge

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Post by chimpboy »

Well I knew what AWG was... hrmph.
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chimpboy wrote:Well I knew what AWG was... hrmph.


you found wire in b&s over here?

weird...
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Post by chimpboy »

mud4b wrote:
chimpboy wrote:Well I knew what AWG was... hrmph.


you found wire in b&s over here?

weird...
I think they might be boat people:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0120011140
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Post by mud4b »

seem to be a vehicle place, hmmm maybe they just dont know how to convert the size? you rarely see b&s sizing in aus..

oh well did you get it? doesnt seem cheap for the metre.
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Post by drivesafe »

mud4b wrote:you rarely see b&s sizing in aus..

Most of the wire I buy is marked B&S, it’s only the auto cable that isn’t, that’s 2mm auto to 6mm auto but nearly all the heavy cable I source from the different wholesalers is marked B&S.

The only two heavy cable sizes I buy that is not a B&S size is 10mm2 and 16mm2.

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Post by chimpboy »

mud4b wrote:seem to be a vehicle place, hmmm maybe they just dont know how to convert the size? you rarely see b&s sizing in aus..

oh well did you get it? doesnt seem cheap for the metre.
Nope, didn't buy it. Just saw it and wondered. It's weird that I hadn't noticed that terminology before, but there you go.
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Post by rot8s »

Guys I manage a major Auto Elec supplier and we size our cable by B&S first then mm2 then amp rating.

If you want the cross referance I can get it all for you or go to

www.ashdown.com.au

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