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American Wire Gauge
AWG
Diameter
Turns of wire
Area
-
(inch)
(mm)
(per inch)
(per cm)
(kcmil)
(mm²)
000000 (6/0)
0.58
-
-
-
-
-
00000 (5/0)
0.5165
-
-
-
-
-
0000(4/0)
0.46
11.68
2.17
0.85
211.6
107
000(3/0)
0.4096
10.4
2.44
0.96
167.8
85
00(2/0)
0.3648
9.266
2.74
1.08
133.1
67.4
0(1/0)
0.3249
8.251
3.08
1.21
105.5
53.5
1
0.2893
7.348
3.46
1.36
83.69
42.4
2
0.2576
6.544
3.88
1.53
66.37
33.6
3
0.2294
5.827
4.36
1.72
52.63
26.7
4
0.2043
5.189
4.89
1.93
41.74
21.2
5
0.1819
4.621
5.5
2.17
33.1
16.8
6
0.162
4.115
6.17
2.43
26.25
13.3
7
0.1443
3.665
6.93
2.73
20.72
10.5
8
0.1285
3.264
7.78
3.06
16.52
8.37
9
0.1144
2.906
8.74
3.44
13.08
6.63
10
0.1019
2.588
9.81
3.86
10.38
5.26
11
0.0907
2.305
11.03
4.34
8.23
4.17
12
0.0808
2.053
12.38
4.87
6.53
3.31
13
0.072
1.828
13.89
5.47
5.17
2.62
14
0.0641
1.628
15.6
6.14
4.1
2.08
15
0.0571
1.45
17.51
6.89
3.26
1.65
16
0.0508
1.291
19.69
7.75
2.59
1.31
17
0.0453
1.15
22.08
8.69
2.05
1.04
18
0.0403
1.02362
24.81
9.77
1.62
0.823
19
0.0359
0.9116
27.86
10.97
1.29
0.653
20
0.032
0.8128
31.25
12.3
1.02
0.518
21
0.0285
0.7229
35.09
13.81
0.81
0.41
22
0.0253
0.6438
39.53
15.56
0.64
0.326
23
0.0226
0.5733
44.25
17.42
0.51
0.258
24
0.0201
0.5106
49.75
19.59
0.4
0.205
25
0.0179
0.4547
55.87
22
0.32
0.162
26
0.0159
0.4049
62.89
24.76
0.255
0.129
27
0.0142
0.3606
70.42
27.72
0.201
0.102
28
0.0126
0.3211
79.37
31.25
0.16
0.081
29
0.0113
0.2859
88.5
34.84
0.127
0.0642
30
0.01
0.2546
100
39.37
0.1
0.0509
31
0.0089
0.2268
112.36
44.24
0.08
0.0404
32
0.008
0.2019
125
49.21
0.063
0.032
33
0.0071
0.1798
140.85
55.45
0.05
0.0254
34
0.0063
0.1601
158.73
62.49
0.04
0.0201
35
0.0056
0.1426
178.57
70.3
0.032
0.016
36
0.005
0.127
200
78.74
0.025
0.0127
37
0.0045
0.1131
222.22
87.49
0.02
0.01
38
0.004
0.1007
250
98.43
0.016
0.00797
39
0.0035
0.08969
285.71
112.48
0.012
0.00632
40
0.0031
0.07987
322.58
127
0.01
0.00501
41
0.0028
-
-
-
-
-
42
0.0025
-
-
-
-
-
43
0.0022
-
-
-
-
-
44
0.002
-
-
-
-
-
45
0.0018
-
-
-
-
-
46
0.0016
-
-
-
-
-
47
0.0014
-
-
-
-
-
48
0.0012
-
-
-
-
-
49
0.0011
-
-
-
-
-
50
0.001
-
-
-
-
-
51
0.00088
-
-
-
-
-
52
0.00078
-
-
-
-
-
53
0.0007
-
-
-
-
-
54
0.00062
-
-
-
-
-
55
0.00055
-
-
-
-
-
56
0.00049
-
-
-
-
-



AWG



Copper resistance

Copper wire current rating with 60°C raceway

Approximate stranded metric equivalents

Maximum amps for chassis wiring

Maximum amps for power transmission
Maximum frequency for 100% skin depth for solid conductor copper
-
(Ω/1 km)
(Ω/1000 ft)
(A)
-
-
-
(kHz)
0000(4/0)
0.16*
0.049*
195
-
380
302
0.125
000(3/0)
0.2*
0.062*
165
-
328
239
0.16
00(2/0)
0.25*
0.077*
145
-
283
190
0.2
0(1/0)
~0.3281
~0.1
125
-
245
150
0.25
1
0.4*
0.12*
110
-
211
119
0.325
2
0.5*
0.15*
95
-
181
94
0.41
3
-
-
85
196/0.4
158
75
0.5
4
0.8*
0.24*
70
-
135
60
0.65
5
-
-
-
126/0.4
118
47
0.81
6
1.5*
0.47*
55
-
101
37
1.1
7
-
-
-
80/0.4
89
30
1.3
8
2.2*
0.67*
40
-
73
24
1.65
9
-
-
-
>84/0.3
64
19
2.05
10
3.2772
0.9989
30
<84/0.3
55
15
2.6
11
4.1339
1.26
-
56/0.3
47
12
3.2
12
5.21
1.588
20
-
41
9.3
4.15
13
6.572
2.003
-
50/0.25
35
7.4
5.3
14
8.284
2.525
15
-
32
5.9
6.7
15
10.45
3.184
-
>30/0.25
28
4.7
8.25
16
13.18
4.016
10
<30/0.25
22
3.7
11
17
16.614
5.064
-
32/0.2
19
2.9
13
18
20.948
6.385
-
>24/0.2
16
2.3
17
19
26.414
8.051
-
<24/0.2
14
1.8
21
20
33.301
10.15
-
16/0.2
11
1.5
27
21
41.995
12.8
-
-
9
1.2
33
22
52.953
16.14
-
7/0.25
7
0.92
42
23
66.798
20.36
-
-
4.7
0.729
53
24
84.219
25.67
-
7/0.2,
3.5
0.577
68
25
106.201
32.37
-
-
2.7
0.457
85
26
133.891
40.81
-
7/0.15
2.2
0.361
107
27
168.865
51.47
-
-
1.7
0.288
130
28
212.927
64.9
-
-
1.4
0.226
170
29
268.471
81.83
-
-
1.2
0.182
210
30
338.583
103.2
-
1/0.25, 7/0.1
0.86
0.142
270
31
426.837
130.1
-
-
0.7
0.113
340
32
538.386
164.1
-
1/0.2, 7/0.08
0.53
0.091
430
33
678.806
206.9
-
-
0.43
0.072
540
34
833
260.9
-
-
0.33
0.056
690
35
1085.958
331
-
-
0.27
0.044
870
36
1360.892
414.8
-
-
0.21
0.035
1100
37
1680.118
512.1
-
-
0.17
0.0289
1350
38
2127.953
648.6
-
-
0.13
0.0228
1750
39
2781.496
847.8
-
-
0.11
0.0175
2250
40
3543.307
1080
-
-
0.09
0.0137
2900

AWG

Diameter

Copper resistance
Maximum amps for chassis wiring
Maximum amps for
power transmission
Maximum frequency for
100% skin depth for solid conductor copper
-
(inch)
(mm)
(Ω/1 km)
(Ω/1000 ft)
-
-
kHz
Metric 2.0
0.00787
0.2
169.39
555.61
0.51
0.088
440
Metric 1.8
0.00709
0.18
207.5
680.55
0.43
0.072
540
Metric 1.6
0.0063
0.16002
260.9
855.752
0.33
0.056
690
Metric 1.4
0.00551
0.14
339
1114
0.26
0.043
900
Metric 1.25
0.00492
0.125
428.2
1404
0.2
0.034
1150
Metric 1.12
0.00441
0.112
533.8
1750
0.163
0.0277
1400
Metric 1
0.00394
0.1
670.2
2198
0.126
0.0225
1750