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American Strand Construction

The document provides a table listing American wire gauge (AWG) numbers, their equivalent cross-sectional areas in square millimeters and diameters in millimeters. It also includes the conductor resistance in ohms per kilometer for each AWG. The table shows wire sizes from 1000 MCM to 38 AWG.

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American Strand Construction

The document provides a table listing American wire gauge (AWG) numbers, their equivalent cross-sectional areas in square millimeters and diameters in millimeters. It also includes the conductor resistance in ohms per kilometer for each AWG. The table shows wire sizes from 1000 MCM to 38 AWG.

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Technical characteristics

Strand construction

American strand construction


AWG = actual cross section in mm² and conductor resistance
AWG is shown below with its exact equivalent value in mm² and diameter (mm).
The table on the previous page shows commercially used equivalent values, which are approximations.

AWG cross section Ø conductor AWG Querschnitt - Ø conductor


number mm² mm resistance Ω/km Nummer mm² mm resistance Ω/km
1000 MCM 507 29.3 0.036 14 2.08 1.63 8.79
900 456 27.8 0.04 15 1.65 1.45 11.2
750 380 25.4 0.048 16 1.31 1.29 14.7
600 304 22.7 0.061 17 1.04 1.15 17.8
550 279 21.7 0.066 18 0.8230 1.0240 23.0
500 253 20.7 0.07 19 0.6530 0.9120 28.3
450 228 19.6 0.08 20 0.5190 0.8120 34.5
400 203 18.5 0.09 21 0.4120 0.7230 44.0
350 177 17.3 0.10 22 0.3240 0.6440 54.8
300 152 16.0 0.12 23 0.2590 0.5730 70.1
250 127 14.6 0.14 24 0.2050 0.5110 89.2
4/0 107.2 11.68 0.18 25 0.1630 0.4550 111.0
3/0 85.0 10.40 0.23 26 0.1280 0.4050 146.0
2/0 67.4 9.27 0.29 27 0.1020 0.3610 176.0
0 53.4 8.25 0.37 28 0.0804 0.3210 232.0
1 42.4 7.35 0.47 29 0.0646 0.2860 282.0
2 33.6 6.54 0.57 30 0.0503 0.2550 350.0
3 26.7 5.83 0.71 31 0.0400 0.2270 446.0
4 21.2 5.19 0.91 32 0.0320 0.2020 578.0
5 16.8 4.62 1.12 33 0.0252 0.1800 710.0
6 13.3 4.11 1.44 34 0.0200 0.1600 899.0
7 10.6 3.67 1.78 35 0.0161 0.1430 1125.0
8 8.34 3.26 2.36 36 0.0123 0.1270 1426.0
9 6.62 2.91 2.77 37 0.0100 0.1130 1800.0
10 5.26 2.59 3.64 38 0.00795 0.1010 2255.0
11 4.15 2.30 4.44 39 0.00632 0.0897 2860.0
12 3.31 2.05 5.41
13 2.63 1.83 7.02

4/0 is also known as 0000, 1 mil = inch = 0.0254 mm 1 CM = 1 Circ. mil = 0.0005067 mm²
Shown in MCM (circular mills) for bigger cross sections 1 MCM = 1000 Circ. mils = 0.5067 mm²

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