Whether scratch-building a complete wiring harness or lengthening kit-supplied wires, you need to determine the correct electrical wire size needed to support each electrical device. The wire must ...

Many DIY enthusiasts have to contend with electrical wiring eventually in some capacity. The descent into this rabbit hole often begins with the fundamental question: What exactly is a wire gauge, and ...

There are two main considerations for sizing DC wiring from the output of a power supply to its load. They are ampacity (fancy term for the number of Amps) and voltage-drop (remember ohms law: V = I x ...

Come gather ’round as Grandpa Lampen continues his story about wire and cable. Where did the idea of wire sizes come from? Even ancient wire came in various sizes, and there are dozens of systems, ...