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AWG
Diameter
(mm)
Diameter
(in)
Square
(mm2)
Resistance
(ohm/1000m)
40
0.08
0.0050
3420
39
0.09
0.0064
2700
38
0.10
0.0040
0.0078
2190
37
0.11
0.0045
0.0095
1810
36
0.13
0.005
0.013
1300
35
0.14
0.0056
0.015
1120
34
0.16
0.0063
0.020
844
33
0.18
0.0071
0.026
676
32
0.20
0.008
0.031
547
30
0.25
0.01
0.049
351
28
0.33
0.013
0.08
232.0
27
0.36
0.014
0.096
178
26
0.41
0.016
0.13
137
25
0.45
0.018
0.16
108
24
0.51
0.02
0.20
87.5
22
0.64
0.025
0.33
51.7
20
0.81
0.032
0.50
34.1
18
1.02
0.04
0.82
21.9
AWG
Diameter
(mm)
Diameter
(in)
Square
(mm2)
Resistance
(ohm/1000m)
16
1.29
0.051
1.3
13.0
14
1.63
0.064
2.0
8.54
13
1.80
0.072
2.6
6.76
12
2.05
0.081
3.3
5.4
10
2.59
0.10
5.26
3.4
3.25
0.13
8.30
2.2
4.115
0.17
13.30
1.5
5.189
0.20
21.15
0.8
6.543
0.26
33.62
0.5
7.348
0.29
42.41
0.4
8.252
0.33
53.49
0.31
00 (2/0)
9.266
0.37
67.43
0.25
000 (3/0)
10.40
0.41
85.01
0.2
0000 (4/0)
11.684
0.46
107.22
0.16
The higher the gauge number, the smaller the diameter, and the thinner the wire.
Because of less electrical resistance a thick wire will carry more current with less voltage drop than a thin wire. For a long distance it may be necessary
to increase the wire diameter - reducing the gauge - to limit the voltage drop.