Try it... How many #22Ga wire strands does it take to make one 19Ga
wire?
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Well, let's see...
One strand of #22 has a cross sectional area of 0.0005046 square inches,
and one strand of #19 has a cross sectional area of 0.001012 square
inches, so 0.001012/0.0005046 = 2.005549 strands ~ 2 strands.
With that in mind, let's take a look at an excerpt of an earlier post of
yours where you claimed that seven strands of #22 is the equivalent of
one strand of #16:
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I used 7 #22Ga for just over 16 gauge equivalent. It was about an
inch and a quarter core, and it was like 12 turns.
END QUOTE
Now, taking a look at a wire chart we find that a single strand of #16
has a cross sectional area of 0.002028, so if we divide that by the
cross sectional area of a single strand of #22, we get
0.002028/0.0005046 = 4.019, ~ 4 strands. Not seven, ya fuckin' maroon.
Now, just for grins, if we take your seven strands of #22 and multiply
the cross sectional area of one of them by seven, we'll get
0.0005046 * 7 = 0.003532 square inches. Then, if we search the wire
chart for the wire size with a cross sectional area which most closely
approximates 0.003532 square inches we find that #14, with a cross
sectional area of 0.003225 square inches fills the bill, As I posted
earlier.
Since your seven strands certainly weren't litz wire, that could also
help to explain why the choke you wound with the seven strands of #22
worked when the one you wound with the single strand of #16 didn't.
Simply put, the seven strands represent about a 59% increase in cross
sectional area over that enclosed by a single strand of #16!
Convince me some more.