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Originally posted by BrianG
Actually, since there are less strands but the same guage, isn't each individual wire bigger diameter? That would mean there is more space between each cross-section of the less standed wire right? That's one of the reasons why most hi-power speaker coils use edge-wound wires.
I realize any differences will be quite small to be just about negligible, but I'm just curious. :)
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If you imagine the cross section of each one of the strands in the wire, they each have their own little square of which the take up 52%. ie, if you draw a square and then a circle within the square (touching the sides of the square), the circle takes up 52% of the square. It doesn't matter how big or small the squares are, its always 52%.
Another example is putting balls in a box. You can put lots of little ping pong balls in it, or one big beach ball in it, and the volume of waste space will still be the same.