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Table of AWG wire sizes

The table below shows various data including both the resistance of the various wire gauges and the allowable current (ampacity) based
on plastic insulation. The diameter information in the table applies to solid wires. Stranded wires are calculated by calculating the
equivalent cross sectional copper area. Fusing Current (melting wire) is estimated based on 25C. The table below assumes DC, or AC
frequencies equal to or less than 60Hz, and does not take skin effect into account. Turns of wire is an upper limit for wire with no
insulation.
Approxi
Fusing Current
mate
strande
[6]
ampacity with
resistance
(copper)[8][9]
d metric
equivale
60/75/90C
nts
insulation (A)
Onderdo Onderdo
(/km) (/kFT)
Preece
[7]
nk
nk
(m/m) (m/ft)
(~10s)
(1s)
(32ms)
NEC copper wire

Diameter

Turns of wire

Area

AWG

0000
(4/0)
000 (3/0)
00 (2/0)
0 (1/0)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23

(inch)

(mm)

0.46
0.41
0.36
0.32
0.29
0.26
0.23
0.2
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.13
0.11
0.1
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.02

11.68
10.4
9.27
8.25
7.35
6.54
5.83
5.19
4.62
4.12
3.67
3.26
2.91
2.59
2.31
2.05
1.83
1.63
1.45
1.29
1.15
1.02
0.91
0.81
0.72
0.64
0.57

(relative
(per in) (per cm) (kcmil)
size)
2.17
2.44
2.74
3.08
3.46
3.88
4.36
4.89
5.5
6.17
6.93
7.78
8.74
9.81
11
12.4
13.9
15.6
17.5
19.7
22.1
24.8
27.9
31.3
35.1
39.5
44.3

0.86
0.96
1.08
1.21
1.36
1.53
1.72
1.93
2.16
2.43
2.73
3.06
3.44
3.86
4.34
4.87
5.47
6.14
6.9
7.75
8.7
9.77
11
12.3
13.8
15.5
17.4

212
168
133
106
83.7
66.4
52.6
41.7
33.1
26.3
20.8
16.5
13.1
10.4
8.23
6.53
5.18
4.11
3.26
2.58
2.05
1.62
1.29
1.02
0.81
0.64
0.51

(mm2)

107
85
67.4
53.5
42.4
33.6
26.7
21.2
16.8
13.3
10.5
8.37
6.63
5.26
4.17
3.31
2.62
2.08
1.65
1.31
1.04
0.82
0.65
0.52
0.41
0.33
0.26

0.16
0.2
0.26
0.32
0.41
0.51
0.65
0.82
1.03
1.3
1.63
2.06
2.6
3.28
4.13
5.21
6.57
8.29
10.45
13.17
16.61
20.95
26.42
33.31
42
52.96
66.79

0.05
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
0.16
0.2
0.25
0.31
0.4
0.5
0.63
0.79
1
1.26
1.59
2
2.53
3.18
4.02
5.06
6.39
8.05
10.15
12.8
16.14
20.36

24
25
26
27
28
29

0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01

0.51
0.46
0.41
0.36
0.32
0.29

49.7
55.9
62.7
70.4
79.1
88.8

19.6
22
24.7
27.7
31.1
35

0.4
0.32
0.25
0.2
0.16
0.13

0.21
0.16
0.13
0.1
0.08
0.06

84.22
106.2
133.9
168.9
212.9
268.5

25.67
32.37
40.81
51.47
64.9
81.84

30
31

0.01
0.01

0.26
0.23

99.7
112

39.3
44.1

0.1
0.08

0.05
0.04

338.6
426.9

103.2
130.1

32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0
0
0
0

0.2
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.13
0.11
0.1
0.09
0.08

126
141
159
178
200
225
252
283
318

49.5
55.6
62.4
70.1
78.7
88.4
99.3
111
125

0.06
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01

0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01

538.3
678.8
856
1079
1361
1716
2164
2729
3441

164.1
206.9
260.9
329
414.8
523.1
659.6
831.8
1049

195 / 230 / 260


165 / 200 / 225
145 / 175 / 195
125 / 150 / 170
110 / 130 / 150
95 / 115 / 130
85 / 100 / 110 196/0.4
70 / 85 / 95
126/0.4
55 / 65 / 75
80/0.4
40 / 50 / 55
30 / 35 / 40

84/0.3
56/0.3

25 / 25 / 30
50/0.25
20 / 20 / 25
/ / 18

30/0.25
32/0.2

/ / 14
24/0.2
16/0.2
13/0.2
7/0.25
1/0.5,
7/0.2,
30/0.1
7/0.15

1.9 kA
1.6 kA
1.3 kA
1.1 kA
946 A
795 A
668 A
561 A
472 A
396 A
333 A
280 A
235A
198 A
166 A
140 A
117 A
99 A
83 A
70 A
58.5 A
49 A
41 A
35 A

31 kA
24.5 kA
19.5 kA
15.5 kA
12 kA
9.7 kA
7.7 kA
6.1 kA
4.8 kA
3.8 kA
3 kA
2.4 kA
1.9 kA
1.5 kA
1.2 kA
955 A
758 A
601 A
477 A
377 A
300 A
237A
189 A
149 A
119 A
94 A
74 A

173 kA
137 kA
109 kA
87 kA
68 kA
54 kA
43 kA
34 kA
27 kA
21 kA
17 kA
13.5 kA
10.7 kA
8.5 kA
6.7 kA
5.3 kA
4.2 kA
3.3 kA
2.7 kA
2.1 kA
1.7 kA
1.3 kA
1 kA
834 A
662 A
525 A
416 A

29 A
24 A
20 A

59 A
47 A
37 A

330 A
262 A
208 A

1/0.25,
7/0.1
1/0.2,
7/0.08

The "Approximate stranded metric equivalents" column lists commonly available cables in the format "number of strands / diameter of individual strand
(mm)" which is the common nomenclature describing cable construction within an overall cross-sectional area. Some common metric cables are midway
between two AWG sizes. Cables sold in Europe are normally labeled according to the combined cross section of all strands in mm, which can be compared
directly with the Area column.
In the North American electrical industry, conductors larger than 4/0 AWG are generally identified by the area in thousands of circular mils (kcmil), where
1kcmil = 0.5067mm. A circular mil is the area of a wire one mil in diameter. One million circular mils is the area of a circle with 1000mil = 1inch
diameter. An older abbreviation for one thousand circular mils is MCM.
Outside North America, wire sizes for electrical power installation purposes are usually given as the cross sectional area in square millimeters. International
standard manufacturing sizes for conductors in electrical cables are defined in IEC 60228.

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