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WIRE GAUGE TABLE

American wire gauge (AWG) metric comparative table

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AWG

Diameter

Area

Copper resistance

(in)

(mm)

(mm2)

(Ω/km)

0000

0.46000

11.68400

107.21930

0.1608

000

0.40964

10.40490

85.02877

0.2028

00

0.36480

9.26583

67.43088

0.2557

0

0.32486

8.25146

53.47512

0.3224

1

0.28930

7.34814

42.40770

0.4066

2

0.25763

6.54371

33.63083

0.5127

3

0.22942

5.82734

26.67046

0.6465

4

0.20431

5.18940

21.15064

0.8152

5

0.18194

4.62129

16.77322

1.028

6

0.16202

4.11538

13.30177

1.296

7

0.14429

3.66485

10.54878

1.634

8

0.12849

3.26364

8.36556

2.061

9

0.11442

2.90636

6.63419

2.599

10

0.10190

2.58819

5.26115

3.277

11

0.09074

2.30485

4.17229

4.132

12

0.08081

2.05253

3.30877

5.211

13

0.07196

1.82783

2.62398

6.571

14

0.06408

1.62773

2.08091

8.286

15

0.05707

1.44953

1.65023

10.45

16

0.05082

1.29085

1.30870

13.17

17

0.04526

1.14953

1.03784

16.61

18

0.04030

1.02369

0.82305

20.95

19

0.03589

0.91162

0.65271

26.42

20

0.03196

0.81182

0.51762

33.31

21

0.02846

0.72295

0.41049

42

22

0.02535

0.64380

0.32553

52.96

23

0.02257

0.57332

0.25816

66.79

24

0.02010

0.51056

0.20473

84.22

25

0.01790

0.45467

0.16236

106.2

26

0.01594

0.40489

0.12876

133.9

27

0.01420

0.36057

0.10211

168.9

28

0.01264

0.32109

0.08098

212.9

29

0.01126

0.28594

0.06422

268.5

30

0.01003

0.25464

0.05093

338.6

31

0.00893

0.22676

0.04039

426.9

32

0.00795

0.20194

0.03203

538.3

33

0.00708

0.17983

0.02540

678.8

34

0.00630

0.16014

0.02014

856

35

0.00561

0.14261

0.01597

1079

36

0.00500

0.12700

0.01267

1361

37

0.00445

0.11310

0.01005

1716

38

0.00397

0.10072

0.00797

2164

39

0.00353

0.08969

0.00632

2729

40

0.00314

0.07987

0.00501

3441

 

For more information on American wire gauge (AWG) specifications - See: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge

 

 

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