Timeline for On a wire designated as '3x14AWG' what does the '3x' part mean?
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| Mar 1, 2019 at 22:03 | vote | accept | Evan Sevy | ||
| Mar 1, 2019 at 0:26 | comment | added | bitsmack | @Transistor That's the best geographical description I've heard in a long time :) | |
| Feb 28, 2019 at 23:58 | comment | added | Transistor | @Sam: Thanks for the comment. I'm familiar with that usage as it is standard practice in Britain (the largest island off the coast of Ireland, where I live). I've never been comfortable with it though as it sounded odd. I've just done a web search which brought me to English StackExchange which confirms my bias! | |
| Feb 28, 2019 at 23:33 | comment | added | SamGibson♦ | Regarding "3 of" - I'll just add that a (perhaps old-fashioned?) approach would be to say "off" instead of "of". e.g. "3 off" (or 1 off, 2 off etc.). See this example parts list and this discussion. | |
| Feb 28, 2019 at 22:23 | history | answered | Transistor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |