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Reference Information
Wire Size Table
Wire Size Table
This table provides closest equivalent size cross references between American and metric wire sizes.
American Wire Gauge
American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a standardized wire gauge system used in North America to identify the
diameter of round, electrically conducting wire. Increasing gauge numbers result in decreasing wire
diameters.
The AWG of a stranded wire is determined by the total cross sectional area of the conductor. Because
there are small gaps between the strands, stranded wire will always have a slightly larger overall diame-
ter than a solid wire of the same AWG.
Metric Wire Size
Metric wire size is also standardized. Metric wire size is determined by the number of strands of wires
expressed in millimeters (mm) and the total cross sectional area of the conductor, expressed as square
millimeters (mm²).
Example: 41/1.63 means forty–one strands of wire, each with a 1.63 mm diameter. This example has a
cross sectional area of 2.08 mm².
Cross
Section
(3)
Cross
Section
(3)
(in.) (mm) (mm²) (in.) (mm) (mm²)
6/0 3335 0.58 14.73 170.3 12 65 0.0808 2.05 3.31
5/0 2646 0.517 13.12 135.1 13 52 0.072 1.83 2.62
4/0 2109 0.46 11.7 107 14 41 0.0641 1.63 2.08
3/0 1665 0.41 10.4 85 15 32 0.0571 1.45 1.65
2/0 1330 0.365 9.26 67.4 16 26 0.0508 1.29 1.31
1/0 1064 0.325 8.25 53.5 17 21 0.0453 1.15 1.04
1 836 0.289 7.35 42.4 18 16 0.0403 1.02 0.823
2 664 0.258 6.54 33.6 19 13 0.0359 0.912 0.653
3 523 0.229 5.83 26.7 20 10 0.032 0.812 0.518
4 420 0.204 5.19 21.1 21 8 0.0285 0.723 0.41
5 329 0.182 4.62 16.8 22 6 0.0253 0.644 0.326
6 266 0.162 4.11 13.3 23 5 0.0226 0.573 0.258
7 206 0.144 3.66 10.5 24 4 0.0201 0.511 0.205
8 168 0.128 3.26 8.36 25 3 0.0179 0.455 0.162
9 130 0.114 2.91 6.63 27 2 0.0142 0.361 0.102
10 105 0.102 2.59 5.26 30 1 0.01 0.255 0.0509
11 82 0.0907 2.3 4.17
Notes:
(1) 30 AWG (0.255 mm) conductor diameter
(2) Single wire strand diameter
(3) Total area cross section of all wire strands
Number
of Wire
Strands
(1)
Conductor
Wire Strand
Diameter
(2)
AWG
Number
of Wire
Strands
(1)
Conductor
Wire Strand
Diameter
(2)
AWG