CABLE IDENTIFICATION

5 – CABLE IDENTIFICATION

Aim:

To measure the gauge and the area of the cross section of a given wire with the type of a standard wire gauge.

MATERIALS  REQUIRED:

       Given piece of wire, wire stripper, standard wire gauge (SWG) and cotton waste.             

PROCEDURE:

1. If the wire is PVC, VIR, CTS, remove about 4 cm of insulation. Remove all foreign material from the end of the wire to be measured. If it is standard wire, take only one of the strands and clean it with cotton waste.
2. Place the bare conductor in the slot of wire gauge. Keep testing the wire in various slots until it fits easily in one the of them. Read the gauge number of the slot on the phase of the wire gauge in which bare conductor fix easily. This is the required gauge number of the wire.

PRECAUTIONS:

1. Cutting insulation like minding a pencil so that there should not be cut on the conductor.
2. Sand paper should not be used on the wire. The wire will be become thin, use cotton to clean.
3. The bare conductor should not be loose or tight enough in this slot for standard wire, take only one strand.

CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

RESULT:

       Identified the given wire gauge and area of cross section and measured.

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