TablesofAWGwiresizes

Thetablebelowshowsvariousdataincludingboththeresistanceofthevariouswiregaugesandtheallowablecurrent(ampacity)basedonplastic
insulation.Thediameterinformationinthetableappliestosolidwires.Strandedwiresarecalculatedbycalculatingtheequivalentcrosssectionalcopper
area.Fusingcurrent(meltingwire)isestimatedbasedon25Cambienttemperature.ThetablebelowassumesDC,orACfrequenciesequaltoorlessthan
60Hz,anddoesnottakeskineffectintoaccount.Turnsofwireisanupperlimitforwirewithnoinsulation.

Diameter
WG
(in)

(mm)

0000
0.4600* 11.684*
(4/0)
000(3/0) 0.4096 10.405
00(2/0) 0.3648
9.266
0(1/0)
0.3249
8.251
1
0.2893
7.348
2
0.2576
6.544
3
0.2294
5.827
4
0.2043
5.189
5
0.1819
4.621
6
0.1620
4.115
7
0.1443
3.665
8
0.1285
3.264
9
0.1144
2.906
10
0.1019
2.588
11
0.0907
2.305
12
0.0808
2.053
13
0.0720
1.828
14
0.0641
1.628
15
0.0571
1.450
16
0.0508
1.291
17
0.0453
1.150
18
0.0403
1.024
19
0.0359
0.912
20
0.0320
0.812
21
0.0285
0.723
22
0.0253
0.644
23
0.0226
0.573

Turnsofwire,no
insulation

CopperResistance

Area

(perin) (percm) (kcmil)

(mm2)

(/km)
(m/m)

(/kft)
(m/ft)

NECcopperwire
Fusingcurrent,copper
Approx.
ampacitywith
metric
Onderdonk,
60/75/90C
Preece,
equivalents
insulation(A)[7]
~10s
1s
32ms

2.17

0.856

212

107

0.1608

0.04901

195/230/260

3.2kA

31kA

173kA

2.44
2.74
3.08
3.46
3.88
4.36
4.89
5.50
6.17
6.93
7.78
8.74
9.81
11.0
12.4
13.9
15.6
17.5
19.7
22.1
24.8
27.9
31.3
35.1
39.5
44.3

0.961
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
6.90
7.75
8.70
9.77
11.0
12.3
13.8
15.5
17.4

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
0.810
0.642
0.509

85.0
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
0.823
0.653
0.518
0.410
0.326
0.258

0.2028
0.2557
0.3224
0.4066
0.5127
0.6465
0.8152
1.028
1.296
1.634
2.061
2.599
3.277
4.132
5.211
6.571
8.286
10.45
13.17
16.61
20.95
26.42
33.31
42.00
52.96
66.79

0.06180
0.07793
0.09827
0.1239
0.1563
0.1970
0.2485
0.3133
0.3951
0.4982
0.6282
0.7921
0.9989
1.260
1.588
2.003
2.525
3.184
4.016
5.064
6.385
8.051
10.15
12.80
16.14
20.36

165/200/225
145/175/195
125/150/170
110/130/150
95/115/130
85/100/110
70/85/95

2.7kA
2.3kA
1.9kA
1.6kA
1.3kA
1.1kA
946A
795A
668A
561A
472A
396A
333A
280A
235A
198A
166A
140A
117A
99A
83A
70A
58.5A
49A
41A
35A

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

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

29A

59A

330A

24A

47A

262A

1/0.4,7/0.15

20A

37A

208A

30A
23A
19A

165A
131A
104A

196/0.4
126/0.4

55/65/75
80/0.4
40/50/55
30/35/40

84/0.3
56/0.3

25/25/30
20/20/25
//18

50/0.25
64/0.2
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

24

0.0201

0.511

49.7

19.6

0.404

0.205

84.22

25.67

25

0.0179

0.455

55.9

22.0

0.320

0.162

106.2

32.37

26

0.0159

0.405

62.7

24.7

0.254

0.129

133.9

40.81

27
28
29

0.0142
0.0126
0.0113

0.361
0.321
0.286

70.4
79.1
88.8

27.7
31.1
35.0

0.202
0.160
0.127

0.102
0.0810
0.0642

168.9
212.9
268.5

51.47
64.90
81.84

7/0.12

17A
14A
12A

30

0.0100

0.255

99.7

39.3

0.101

0.0509

338.6

103.2

1/0.25,7/0.1

10A

15A

83A

31

0.00893

0.227

112

44.1

0.0797

0.0404

426.9

130.1

9A

12A

65A

32

0.00795

0.202

126

49.5

0.0632

0.0320

538.3

164.1

7A

9A

52A

33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40

0.00708 0.180
0.00630 0.160
0.00561 0.143
0.00500* 0.127*
0.00445 0.113
0.00397 0.101
0.00353 0.0897
0.00314 0.0799

141
159
178
200
225
252
283
318

55.6
62.4
70.1
78.7
88.4
99.3
111
125

0.0501 0.0254
0.0398 0.0201
0.0315 0.0160
0.0250 0.0127
0.0198 0.0100
0.0157 0.00797
0.0125 0.00632
0.00989 0.00501

678.8
856.0
1079
1361
1716
2164
2729
3441

206.9
260.9
329.0
414.8
523.1
659.6
831.8
1049

6A
5A
4A
4A
3A
3A
2A
1A

7A
6A
5A
4A
3A
2A
2A
2A

41A
33A
26A
20A
16A
13A
10A
8A

1/0.2,7/0.08