AWG table

AWG table - American strand construction

In the North American economic area, the dimensions of copper conductors for power and telecommunication purposes are mostly given in AWG (American Wire Gauge), whereas in Germany, Europe and many other parts of the world we speak of metric cross sections cross sections in mm².

The following overview provides translation assistance for the individual cross-sectional areas:

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AWG No.	Outer diameter Ø mm	Cross section geometric mm²	Conductor resistance Ohm/km
1000 MCM	29.3	507	0.0371
900	27.8	456	0.0413
750	25.4	380	0.0495
600	22.7	304	0.0613
550	21.7	279	0.0669
500	20.7	253	0.0735
450	19.6	228	0.0817
400	18.5	203	0.0920
350	17.3	177	0.105
300	16	152	0.122
250	14.6	127	0.147
4/0	11.684	107.2	0.172
3/0	10.404	85.01	0.217
2/0	9.26	67.43	0.273
0	8.25	53.49	0.345
1	7.35	42.41	0.431
2	6.54	33.62	0.544
3	5.82	26.67	0.686
4	5.19	21.15	0.865
5	4.62	16.77	1.09
6	4.11	13.30	1.38
7	3.67	10.55	1.70
8	3.26	8.367	2.14
9	2.91	6.631	2.70
10	2.59	5.261	3.41
11	2.30	4.17	4.3
12	2.05	3.31	5.42
13	1.83	2.63	6.82
14	1.63	2.08	8.6
15	1.45	1.65	10.9
16	1.29	1.31	13.7
17	1.15	1.04	17.3
18	1.02	0.823	21.9
19	0.904	0.653	27.4
20	0.813	0.519	34.8
21	0.724	0.412	43.6
22	0.643	0.324	55.2
23	0.574	0.259	69.2
24	0.511	0.205	87.7
25	0.455	0.162	111
26	0.404	0.128	140
27	0.361	0.1024	179
28	0.320	0.0804	222
29	0.287	0.0647	282
30	0.254	0.0507	361
31	0.226	0.0401	456
32	0.203	0.0324	563
33	0.180	0.0254	716
34	0.160	0.0201	908
35	0.142	0.0158	1151
36	0.127	0.0127	1443
37	0.114	0.0102	1781
38	0.102	0.0082	2254
39	0.089	0.0062	2946
40	0.079	0.0049	3756
42	0.064	0.0032	5773
44	0.051	0.0020	9008

Alternatively for bigger cross sections in MCM 1 M.C.M. = 1000 Circ. Mils = 0,5067 mm²

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AWG table - American strand construction

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