AWG – AMERICAN WIRE GAUGE

AWG gauge

Conductor

Diameter

in mm

Conductor

cross section

in mm2

Ohms

per Km

Maximum amps

for chassis wiring

Maximum amps

for power transmission

Maximum frequency

for 100% skin depth

for solid conductor copper

in Hz

Breaking force

Soft Annealed

Cu 37000 PSI

in Kg

4/0

11,6840

107,2193

0,1607

380,0000

302,0000

125,0000

2 775,9853

3/0

10,4038

85,0114

0,2027

328,0000

239,0000

160,0000

2 204,4589

2/0

9,2659

67,4321

0,2555

283,0000

190,0000

200,0000

1 750,8665

1/0

8,2525

53,4880

0,3224

245,0000

150,0000

250,0000

1 387,9927

1

7,3482

42,4086

0,4064

211,0000

119,0000

325,0000

1 102,2295

2

6,5430

33,6240

0,5127

181,0000

94,0000

410,0000

875,4333

3

5,8268

26,6652

0,6462

158,0000

75,0000

500,0000

693,9963

4

5,1892

21,1492

0,8151

135,0000

60,0000

650,0000

548,8468

5

4,6203

16,7657

1,0276

118,0000

47,0000

810,0000

435,4487

6

4,1148

13,2980

1,2959

101,0000

37,0000

1 100,0000

344,7302

7

3,6652

10,5509

1,6341

89,0000

30,0000

1 300,0000

274,4234

8

3,2639

8,3669

2,0605

73,0000

24,0000

1 650,0000

217,7243

9

2,9058

6,6315

2,5981

64,0000

19,0000

2 050,0000

172,3651

10

2,5883

5,2615

3,2764

55,0000

15,0000

2 600,0000

142,4280

11

2,3038

4,1684

4,1328

47,0000

12,0000

3 200,0000

112,9445

12

2,0523

3,3081

5,2086

41,0000

9,3000

4 150,0000

89,3577

13

1,8288

2,6268

6,5698

35,0000

7,4000

5 300,0000

68,0389

14

1,6281

2,0820

8,2820

32,0000

5,9000

6 700,0000

53,9775

15

1,4503

1,6521

10,4435

28,0000

4,7000

8 250,0000

42,6377

16

1,2903

1,3076

13,1725

22,0000

3,7000

11 000,0000

34,0194

17

1,1506

1,0398

16,6099

19,0000

2,9000

13 000,0000

26,7619

18

1,0236

0,8229

20,9428

16,0000

2,3000

17 000,0000

21,3188

19

0,9119

0,6530

26,4073

14,0000

1,8000

21 000,0000

16,7829

20

0,8128

0,5189

33,2920

11,0000

1,5000

27 000,0000

13,1542

21

0,7239

0,4116

41,9840

9,0000

1,2000

33 000,0000

10,4326

22

0,6452

0,3269

52,9392

7,0000

0,9200

42 000,0000

8,1647

23

0,5740

0,2588

66,7808

4,7000

0,7290

53 000,0000

6,5771

24

0,5105

0,2047

84,1976

3,5000

0,5770

68 000,0000

5,2163

25

0,4547

0,1624

106,1736

2,7000

0,4570

85 000,0000

4,0823

26

0,4039

0,1281

133,8568

2,2000

0,3610

107 000,0000

3,2659

27

0,3607

0,1022

168,8216

1,7000

0,2880

130 000,0000

2,4948

28

0,3200

0,0804

212,8720

1,4000

0,2260

170 000,0000

2,0412

29

0,2870

0,0647

268,4024

1,2000

0,1820

210 000,0000

1,6329

30

0,2540

0,0507

338,4960

0,8600

0,1420

270 000,0000

1,2474

31

0,2261

0,0401

426,7280

0,7000

0,1130

340 000,0000

1,0206

32

0,2032

0,0324

538,2480

0,5300

0,0910

430 000,0000

0,8165

Metric 2.0

0,2000

0,0314

555,6100

0,5100

0,0880

440 000,0000

0,0000

33

0,1803

0,0255

678,6320

0,4300

0,0720

540 000,0000

0,5897

Metric 1.8

0,1800

0,0254

680,5500

0,4300

0,0720

540 000,0000

0,0000

34

0,1600

0,0201

855,7520

0,3300

0,0560

690 000,0000

0,4990

Metric 1.6

0,1600

0,0201

855,7520

0,3300

0,0560

690 000,0000

0,0000

35

0,1422

0,0159

1 079,1200

0,2700

0,0440

870 000,0000

0,4173

Metric 1.4

0,1400

0,0154

1 114,0000

0,2600

0,0430

900 000,0000

0,0000

36

0,1270

0,0127

1 360,0000

0,2100

0,0350

1 100 000,0000

0,3266

Metric 1.25

0,1250

0,0123

1 404,0000

0,2000

0,0340

1 150 000,0000

0,0000

37

0,1143

0,0103

1 715,0000

0,1700

0,0289

1 350 000,0000

0,2585

Metric 1.12

0,1120

0,0099

1 750,0000

0,1630

0,0277

1 400 000,0000

0,0000

38

0,1016

0,0081

2 163,0000

0,1300

0,0228

1 750 000,0000

0,2041

Metric 1

0,1000

0,0079

2 198,0000

0,1260

0,0225

1 750 000,0000

0,0000

39

0,0889

0,0062

2 728,0000

0,1100

0,0175

2 250 000,0000

0,1633

40

0,0787

0,0049

3 440,0000

0,0900

0,0137

2 900 000,0000

0,1315

References:

https://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_effect

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge#Tables_of_AWG_wire_sizes