"Pooh Bear" wrote in message


I wish that were really so. Sadly, much wiring is still specced as
AWG simply because the Yanks *won't* use metric measurements !

It was a political failure. We were well on our way to metrification in the
70's and the politicians lost their will.

Metric tools and hardware are commodity items over here. Our lack of
metrifcation has condemned us to dual inventories.