On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Allen Dick wrote:

...  Since 0.200-0.062 = 0.138" ...

I don't think you want to subtract the .062. I believe what you have is:

space + wire =.200
space + .025 =.200
space        =.175

I measured one of my commercial wire excluders ( my garage is only 50'
away) and get a range of .168 - .171 for the spaces. The average is .168,
a little closer than the 5 mesh screen. This is probably made up for by
the great length between cross wires of the regular excluder.



Best regards,

Donald Aitken
Edmonton Alberta Canada