WIRE SIZE

Gage number Diameter (mils)

Cross Section

Ohms per 1,000 ft

 Ohms per mile 25°C. (= 77°F.) Pounds per 1,000 ft.
Circular mils Square inches 25°C. (= 77°F.) 65°C. (= 149°F.)
0000 460.0 212,000.0 0.166 0.0500 0.0577 0.264 641.0
000 410.0 168,000.0 .132 .0630 .0727 .333 508.0
00 365.0 133,000.0 .105 .0795 .0917 .420 403.0
0 325.0 106,000.0 .0829 .100 .116 .528 319.0
1 289.0 83,700.0 .0657 .126 .146 .665 253.0
2 258.0 66,400.0 .0521 .159 .184 .839 201.0
3 229.0 52,600.0 .0413 .201 .232 1.061 159.0
4 204.0 41,700.0 .0328 .253 .292 1.335 126.0
5 182.0 33,100.0 .0260 .319 .369 1.685 100.0
6 162.0 26,300.0 .0206 .403 .465 2.13 79.5
7 144.0 20,800.0 .0164 .508 .586 2.68 63.0
8 128.0 16,500.0 .0130 .641 .739 3.38 50.0
9 114.0 13,100.0 .0103 .808 .932 4.27 39.6
10 102.0 10,400.0 .00815 1.02 1.18 5.38 31.4
11 91.0 8,230.0 .00647 1.28 1.48 6.75 24.9
12 81.0 6,530.0 .00513 1.62 1.87 8.55 19.8
13 72.0 5,180.0 .00407 2.04 2.36 10.77 15.7
14 64.0 4,110.0 .00323 2.58 2.97 13.62 12.4
15 57.0 3,260.0 .00256 3.25 3.75 17.16 9.86
16 51.0 2,580.0 .00203 4.09 4.73 21.6 7.82
17 45.0 2,050.0 .00161 5.16 5.96 27.2 6.20
18 40.0 1,620.0 .00128 6.51 7.51 34.4 4.92
19 36.0 1,290.0 .00101 8.21 9.48 43.3 3.90
20 32.0 1,020.0 .000802 10.4 11.9 54.9 3.09
21 28.5 810.0 .000636 13.1 15.1 69.1 2.45
22 25.3 642.0 .000505 16.5 19.0 87.1 1.94
23 22.6 509.0 .000400 20.8 24.0 109.8 1.54
24 20.1 404.0 .000317 26.2 30.2 138.3 1.22
25 17.9 320.0 .000252 33.0 38.1 174.1 0.970
26 15.9 254.0 .000200 41.6 48.0 220.0 0.769
27 14.2 202.0 .000158 52.5 60.6 277.0 0.610
28 12.6 160.0 .000126 66.2 76.4 350.0 0.484
29 11.3 127.0 .0000995 83.4 96 440.0 0.384
30 10.0 101.0 .0000789 105.0 121.0 554.0 0.304
31 8.9 79.7 .0000626 133.0 153.0 702.0 0.241
32 8.0 63.2 .0000496 167.0 193.0 882.0 0.191
33 7.1 50.1 .0000394 211.0 243.0 1,114.0 0.152
34 6.3 39.8 .0000312 266.0 307.0 1,404.0 0.120
35 5.6 31.5 .0000248 335.0 387.0 1,769.0 0.0954
36 5.0 25.0 .0000196 423.0 488.0 2,230.0 0.0757
37 4.5 19.8 .0000156 533.0 616.0 2,810.0 0.0600
38 4.0 15.7 .0000123 673.0 776.0 3,550.0 0.0476
39 3.5 12.5 .0000098 848.0 979.0 4,480.0 0.0377
40 3.1 9.9 .0000078 1,070.0 1,230.0 5,650.0 0.0299

 

AWG vs. Metric Wire Sizes

Circ. Mils Equivalent Circ. Mils Awg. Size Metric Wire Size mm2 Stranding/ Wire Dia. per Strand Approximate Overall Diameter
in mm in mm
-
1020
-
1620
1620
-
-		 987
-
1480
-
-
1974
1974		 -
20
-
18
18
-
-		 0.50
-
0.75
-
-
1.0
1.0		 1/.032
7/.0121
1/.039
1/.0403
7/.0152
1/.045
7/.017		 1/.813
7/.307
1/.991
1/1.02
7/.386
1/1.14
7/.432		 .032
.036
.039
.040
.046
.045
.051		 0.81
0.91
0.99
1.02
1.16
1.14
1.30
2580
2580
-
-
4110
4110		 -
-
2960
2960
-
-		 16
16
-
-
14
14		 -
-
1.5
1.5
-
-		 1/.0508
7/.0192
1/.055
7/.021
1/.0641
7/.0242		 1/1.29
7/.488
1/1.40
7/5.33
1/1.63
7/.615		 .051
.058
.055
.063
.064
.073		 1.29
1.46
1.40
1.60
1.63
1.84
-
-
6530
6530
-
-		 4934
4934
-
-
7894
7894		 -
-
12
12
-
-		 2.5
2.5
-
-
4
4		 1/.071
7/.027
1/.0808
7/.0305
1/.089
7/.034		 1/1.80
7/.686
1/2.05
7/.775
1/2.26
7/.864		 .071
.081
.081
.092
.089
.102		 1.80
2.06
2.05
2.32
2.26
2.59
10380
10380
-
-
13090
13090		 -
-
11840
11840
-
-		 10
10
-
-
9
9		 -
-
6
6
-
-		 1/.1019
7/.0385
1/.109
7/.042
1/.1144
7/.0432		 1/2.59
7/.978
1/2.77
7/1.07
1/2.91
7/1.10		 .102
.116
.109
.126
.1144
.130		 2.59
2.93
2.77
3.21
2.91
3.30
16510
16510
-
-
20820
20820		 -
-
19740
19740
-
-		 8
8
-
-
7
7		 -
-
10
10
-
-		 1/.1285
7/.0486
1/.141
7/.054
1/.1443
7/.0545		 1/3.26
7/1.23
1/3.58
7/1.37
1/3.67
7/1.38		 .128
.146
.141
.162
.144
.164		 3.26
3.70
3.58
4.12
3.67
4.15
26240
26240
-
33090
41740		 -
-
31580
-
-		 6
6
-
5
4		 -
-
16
-
-		 1/.162
7/.0612
7/.068
7/.0688
7/.0772		 1/4.11
7/1.55
7/1.73
7/1.75
7/1.96		 .162
.184
.204
.206
.232		 4.11
4.66
5.18
5.24
5.88
-
-
52620
66360
-
-		 49340
49340
-
-
69070
69070		 -
-
3
2
-
-		 25
25
-
-
35
35		 7/.085
19/.052
7/.0867
7/.0974
7/.100
19/.061		 7/2.16
19/1.32
7/2.20
7/2.47
7/2.54
19/1.55		 .255
.260
.260
.292
.300
.305		 6.48
6.60
6.61
7.42
7.62
7.75
Circ. Mils Equivalent Circ. Mils Awg. Size Metric Wire Size mm2 Stranding/ Wire
Dia. per Strand		 Approximate Overall Diameter
in mm in mm
83690
-
105600
133100
-
167800
167800		 -
98680
-
-
138100
-
-		 1
-
1/0
2/0
-
3/0
3/0		 -
50
-
-
70
-
-		 19/.0664
19/.073
19/.0745
19/.0837
19/.086
19/.094
37/.0673		 19/1.69
19/1.85
19/1.89
19/2.13
19/2.18
19/2.39
37/1.71		 .332
.365
.373
.419
.430
.470
.471		 9.43
9.27
9.46
10.6
10.9
11.9
12.0
-
-
211600
-
250mcm
300mcm		 187500
187500
-
237.8mcm
-
-		 -
-
4/0
-
-
-		 95
95
-
120
-
150		 19/.101
37/.072
19/.1055
37/.081
37/.0822
37/.090		 19/2.57
37/1.83
19/2.68
37/2.06
37/2.09
37/2.29		 .505
.504
.528
.567
.575
.630		 12.8
12.8
13.4
14.4
14.6
16.0
350mcm
-
400mcm
-
-
500mcm
500mcm		 -
365.1mcm
-
473.6mcm
473.6mcm
-
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-		 -
185
-
240
240
-
-		 37/.0973
37/.100
37/.104
37/.114
61/.089
37/.1162
61/.0905		 37/2.47
37/2.54
37/2.64
37/2.90
61/2.26
37/2.95
61/2.30		 .681
.700
.728
.798
.801
.813
.814		 17.3
17.8
18.5
20.3
20.3
20.7
20.7
-
600mcm
700mcm
750mcm
750mcm
-		 592.1mcm
-
-
-
-
789.4mcm		 -
-
-
-
-
 		 300
-
-
-
-
400		 61/.099
61/.0992
61/.1071
61/.1109
91/.0908
61/.114		 61/2.51
61/2.52
61/2.72
61/2.82
91/2.31
61/2.90		 .891
.893
.964
.998
.999
1.026		 22.6
22.7
24.5
25.4
25.4
26.1
800mcm
800mcm
1000mcm
1000mcm
-		 -
-
986.8mcm
-
1233.7mcm		 -
-
-
-
-		 -
-
500
-
625		 61/.1145
61/.0938
61/.1280
91/.1048
91/.117		 61/2.91
91/2.38
61/3.25
91/2.66
91/2.97		 1.031
1.032
1.152
1.153
1.287		 26.2
26.2
29.3
29.3
32.7
1250mcm
1250mcm
1500mcm
1500mcm
-		 -
-
-
-
1578.8mcm		 -
-
-
-
-		 -
-
-
-
800		 91/.1172
127/.0992
91/.1284
127/.1087
91/.132		 91/2.98
127/2.52
91/.1284
127/.1087
91/.132		 1.289
1.290
1.412
1.413
1.452		 32.7
32.8
35.9
35.9
36.9
-
2000mcm
2000mcm		 1973.5mcm
-
-		 -
-
-		 1000
-
-		 91/.147
127/.1255
169/.1088		 91/3.73
127/3.19
169/2.76		 1.617
1.632
1.632		 41.1
41.5
41.5

 

 

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