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American Wire Gauge Conductor Size Table

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American wire gauge (AWG) is a standardized wire gauge system for the diameters of round, solid, nonferrous, electrically conducting wire. The larger the AW
general rules of thumb - for every 6 gauge decrease, the wire diameter doubles and for every 3 gauge decrease, the cross sectional

American Wire Gauge (AWG) Sizes and Properties Chart / Table

Table 1 lists the AWG sizes for electrical cables / conductors. In addition to wire size, the table provides values load (current) carrying capacity, resistance and
depth noted are for copper conductors. A detailed description of each conductor property is described below Table 1.

Gauge (AWG) Cable / Conductor Sizes and Properties

Max
Diamet Diamet Resista Resista Max
Area Frequen
er er nce nce Current
cy
AWG for
[Ohms / [Ohms / [Ampere 100%
[inches] [mm] [mm2]
1000 ft] km] s] skin
depth
0000 (4/0) 0.46 11.684 107 0.049 0.16072 302 125 Hz
000 (3/0) 0.4096 10.4038 85 0.0618 0.2027 239 160 Hz
00 (2/0) 0.3648 9.26592 67.4 0.0779 0.25551 190 200 Hz
0 (1/0) 0.3249 8.25246 53.5 0.0983 0.32242 150 250 Hz
1 0.2893 7.34822 42.4 0.1239 0.40639 119 325 Hz
2 0.2576 6.54304 33.6 0.1563 0.51266 94 410 Hz
3 0.2294 5.82676 26.7 0.197 0.64616 75 500 Hz
4 0.2043 5.18922 21.2 0.2485 0.81508 60 650 Hz
5 0.1819 4.62026 16.8 0.3133 1.02762 47 810 Hz
6 0.162 4.1148 13.3 0.3951 1.29593 37 1100 Hz
7 0.1443 3.66522 10.5 0.4982 1.6341 30 1300 Hz
8 0.1285 3.2639 8.37 0.6282 2.0605 24 1650 Hz
9 0.1144 2.90576 6.63 0.7921 2.59809 19 2050 Hz
10 0.1019 2.58826 5.26 0.9989 3.27639 15 2600 Hz
11 0.0907 2.30378 4.17 1.26 4.1328 12 3200 Hz
12 0.0808 2.05232 3.31 1.588 5.20864 9.3 4150 Hz
13 0.072 1.8288 2.62 2.003 6.56984 7.4 5300 Hz
14 0.0641 1.62814 2.08 2.525 8.282 5.9 6700 Hz
15 0.0571 1.45034 1.65 3.184 10.4435 4.7 8250 Hz
16 0.0508 1.29032 1.31 4.016 13.1725 3.7 11 k Hz
17 0.0453 1.15062 1.04 5.064 16.6099 2.9 13 k Hz
18 0.0403 1.02362 0.823 6.385 20.9428 2.3 17 kHz
19 0.0359 0.91186 0.653 8.051 26.4073 1.8 21 kHz
 20 0.032 0.8128 0.518 10.15 33.292 1.5 27 kHz
21 0.0285 0.7239 0.41 12.8 41.984 1.2 33 kHz
22 0.0254 0.64516 0.326 16.14 52.9392 0.92 42 kHz
23 0.0226 0.57404 0.258 20.36 66.7808 0.729 53 kHz
24 0.0201 0.51054 0.205 25.67 84.1976 0.577 68 kHz
25 0.0179 0.45466 0.162 32.37 106.174 0.457 85 kHz
26 0.0159 0.40386 0.129 40.81 133.857 0.361 107 kHz
27 0.0142 0.36068 0.102 51.47 168.822 0.288 130 kHz
28 0.0126 0.32004 0.081 64.9 212.872 0.226 170 kHz
29 0.0113 0.28702 0.0642 81.83 268.402 0.182 210 kHz
30 0.01 0.254 0.0509 103.2 338.496 0.142 270 kHz
31 0.0089 0.22606 0.0404 130.1 426.728 0.113 340 kHz
32 0.008 0.2032 0.032 164.1 538.248 0.091 430 kHz
33 0.0071 0.18034 0.0254 206.9 678.632 0.072 540 kHz
34 0.0063 0.16002 0.0201 260.9 855.752 0.056 690 kHz
35 0.0056 0.14224 0.016 329 1079.12 0.044 870 kHz
1100
36 0.005 0.127 0.0127 414.8 1360 0.035
kHz
1350
37 0.0045 0.1143 0.01 523.1 1715 0.0289
kHz
1750
38 0.004 0.1016 0.00797 659.6 2163 0.0228
kHz
2250
39 0.0035 0.0889 0.00632 831.8 2728 0.0175
kHz
0.00501 2900
40 0.0031 0.07874 1049 3440 0.0137
kHz

AWG Notes: American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a standardized wire gauge system used predominantly in the United States to note the diameter of electrically co
Diameter Notes: A mil is a unit of length equal to 0.001 inch (a "milli-inch" or a "thousandth of one inch") ie. 1 mil = 0.001".
Resistance Notes: The resistance noted in the table above is for copper wire conductor. For a given current, you can use the no
Current (ampacity) Notes: The current ratings shown in the table are for power transmission and have been determined using the rule of 1 amp per 700 circu
14 AWG - maximum of 20 Amps in free air, maximum of 15 Amps as part of a 3 conductor cable;
12 AWG - maximum of 25 Amps in free air, maximum of 20 Amps as part of a 3 conductor cable;
10 AWG - maximum of 40 Amps in free air, maximum of 30 Amps as part of a 3 conductor cable.

Check your local electrical code for the correct current capacity (ampacity) for mains and in wall wiring.
Skin Effect and Skin Depth Notes: Skin effect is the tendency of an alternating electric current (AC) to distribute itself within a conductor so that the current d

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 rically conducting wire. The larger the AWG number or wire guage, the smaller the physical size of the wire. The smallest AWG size is 40 and the largest is 0000 (4/0). AWG
y 3 gauge decrease, the cross sectional area doubles. Note - W&M Wire Gauge, US Steel Wire Gauge and Music Wire Gauge are different systems.

current) carrying capacity, resistance and skin effects. The resistances and skin
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iven current, you can use the noted resistance and apply Ohms Law to calculate the voltage drop across the conductor.
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C) notes the following ampacity for copper wire at 30 Celsius:

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equency of the current. The maximum frequency show is for 100% skin depth (ie. no skin effects).