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What does 'no. 8 wire' mean?
by _nalply 2y ago
What does 'no. 8 wire' mean?
- gus_massa 2y agoThe scale is explained in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_wire_gauge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_wire_gauge
- defrost 2y agoThis tradition of Kiwi ingenuity is often known as the ‘no. 8 wire’ attitude, a reference to a gauge of fencing wire that has been adapted for countless other uses in New Zealand farms, factories and homes. Number 8 wire is fencing wire. The rural dictionary usage of the phrase refers to fixing things with fencing wire.
- wodenokoto 2y ago> a reference to a gauge of fencing wire that has been adapted for countless other uses in New Zealand farms, factories and homes. But that doesn't really make the reader any wiser, as the article doesn't talk about any of its uses in New Zealand.
- defrost 2y agoThey're much the same as any ad hoc uses of stiff thick fencing wire anywhere really. Has the world really come to the point where an essay on how to MacGyver with wire is required? Emergency muffler reattachment, temporary gate latch, ...
- wodenokoto 2y agoIt’s the essay on the New Zealand McGyver using no. 8 wire that the world needs.
- jaggederest 2y agoI believe you're looking for https://www.youtube.com/@MartyT https://www.youtube.com/@MartyT - I think I've actually seen him use wire for holding together a resurrected piece of heavy equipment, and he made a hydroelectric generator out of a washing machine.
- titusjohnson 2y agoGrowing up on a farm here in the US, electric fence wire (I think 14ga, not 8ga) was always useful. I almost always had a roll & some snips nearby when doing any maintenance. You can fix some broken electric fence, re-bind the fence paneling to T-stakes, and if desperate cobble together some hinges and a latch for an impromptu gate, all with a simple roll of wire. A foot or two of this wire and you can whip up a stabilizer for hanging any old tool off of a single nail in the barn. A couple feet of it makes a tie-down for any plant or tree branch, sometimes you don't even need a stake, the wire can be pushed deep enough and into a J shape underground that it'll often hold on its own.
- Suppafly 2y ago>Growing up on a farm here in the US, electric fence wire (I think 14ga, not 8ga) was always useful. My dad will mention number 9 clothesline wire in a similar context. Also baling twine and baling wire are common for farmers for the same reason.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoKids be like nowadays: let's 3D print this!
- MisterTea 2y agoThe wire equivalent of duck tape. It represents ingenuity using a humble/simple item such as plain fencing wire to solve a wide variety of problems the item was not originally intended for.
- Ccecil 2y agoIn the US I have heard it referred to as "bailing wire". Often used for an emergency or temporary fix.
- cnasc 2y ago“Baling” wire. Used to bind bales of hay.
- mikestew 2y agoBaling wire is also not as thick. 12 gauge, 10 gauge at the very most. Baling wire can be cut with those snippers you keep in your toolbox. Fence wire? Eh, better get bigger wire cutters.
- quickthrowman 2y ago#8 on (British) SWG scale is about the size of a #11 wire (never seen this size in real life) on the AWG scale.
- quickthrowman 2y agoNo 8 wire on the British Standard Wire Gauge (SWG) scale is slightly larger than a #12 conductor on the American Wire Gauge (AWG) scale.
- NikkiA 2y ago#8 SWG is 4mm diameter, that's way larger than #12 AWG, closer to #6 AWG
- _nalply 2y agoThanks for the answers, very appreciated. Once I yanked out about 20m of old phone wire (copper) out of a wall, and now it's my duck tape wire.