While you may think a wire is a wire, they come in different materials and sizes, called gauges, and those can have different ...

A measurement of the thickness of a cable, which is the inverse of its size. For example, the diameter of an 18 gauge wire is 1.02mm, while the smaller number 12 gauge is 2.05mm, more than twice ...

We show the proper way to wire a set of Classic Instruments gauges for your classic Chevy muscle car.

You Haven’t Unlocked Your Speakers’ True Potential Speaker wire thickness, also known as a gauge, has so much to do with how good speakers sound. At its most basic, wire gauge refers to how ...

Since we’re using mostly 18-gauge GXL wire for all but the largest pins (for which we’ll be using 10-gauge wire), we selected 1 and 1.6mm pins for that wire.

This is necessary when stripping thin wires of less than about 18-20 gauge, so that the force of the jaws doesn’t cut through the wire along with the insulation. The right-hand jaw (just below the red ...

I'm sick of trying to stuff 14 AWG stranded wire into my audio equipment. I'd like to have short runs (maybe a foot) of 18 AWG wire that connect directly to my receiver, speaker selector, etc that ...

“Twelve-gauge wire is good for 20 amps, 10-gauge wire is good for 30 amps, 8-gauge is good for 40 amps, and 6-gauge is good for 55 amps,” and “The circuit breaker or fuse is always sized to protect ...

What are the best speaker wires, and what gauge do you really need? Check out top speaker cables with the PopSci audio experts.

Only that 16-gauge lamp cord and Monster cable are indistinguishable from each other with music and seem to be superior to the 24 gauge wire commonly sold or given away as 'speaker cable.' ...

We also bought several spools of 14-gauge wire in various colors that coordinated with our plug-and-play wiring connectors. A quality pair of wire strippers made this job much easier. See All 18 ...