[HCARC] 21 gauge magnet wire varnished

[Kerry Sandstrom]

Gary,

I think #21 wire is a bit light.  It's not an electrical issue but a 
mechanical one.  At one time I used #22 insulated wire for radials.  It 
worked fine but the cattle herd kept eating it!  Cows although brighter than 
horses are still not very bright.  They also tried to eat RG-8/U coax.  I 
haven't had them eat my aluminum wire which I think is about #17.  I can't 
even imagine what goats would try to eat!  I remember when I bought it 
thinking that I'd never seen a wire with an odd number gauge before.  So, 
the wire size is almost entirely determined by how often you want to work on 
it beacause it broke again.

Kerry