Standard Wire Gauge

Standard Wire Gauge


AWG gauge

Conductor
Diameter Inches

Conductor
Diameter mm

Conductor cross section in mm2

Ohms per 1000 ft.

Ohms per km

Maximum amps for chassis wiring

Maximum amps for
power transmission

Maximum frequency for
100% skin depth for solid conductor copper

Breaking force Soft Annealed Cu 37000 PSI

0000

0.46

11.684

107

0.049

0.16072

380

302

125 Hz

6120 lbs

000

0.4096

10.40384

84.9

0.0618

0.202704

328

239

160 Hz

4860 lbs

00

0.3648

9.26592

67.4

0.0779

0.255512

283

190

200 Hz

3860 lbs

0

0.3249

8.25246

53.5

0.0983

0.322424

245

150

250 Hz

3060 lbs

1

0.2893

7.34822

42.4

0.1239

0.406392

211

119

325 Hz

2430 lbs

2

0.2576

6.54304

33.6

0.1563

0.512664

181

94

410 Hz

1930 lbs

3

0.2294

5.82676

26.7

0.197

0.64616

158

75

500 Hz

1530 lbs

4

0.2043

5.18922

21.1

0.2485

0.81508

135

60

650 Hz

1210 lbs

5

0.1819

4.62026

16.8

0.3133

1.027624

118

47

810 Hz

960 lbs

6

0.162

4.1148

13.3

0.3951

1.295928

101

37

1100 Hz

760 lbs

7

0.1443

3.66522

10.6

0.4982

1.634096

89

30

1300 Hz

605 lbs

8

0.1285

3.2639

8.37

0.6282

2.060496

73

24

1650 Hz

480 lbs

9

0.1144

2.90576

6.63

0.7921

2.598088

64

19

2050 Hz

380 lbs

10

0.1019

2.58826

5.26

0.9989

3.276392

55

15

2600 Hz

314 lbs

11

0.0907

2.30378

4.17

1.26

4.1328

47

12

3200 Hz

249 lbs

12

0.0808

2.05232

3.31

1.588

5.20864

41

9.3

4150 Hz

197 lbs

13

0.072

1.8288

2.63

2.003

6.56984

35

7.4

5300 Hz

150 lbs

14

0.0641

1.62814

2.08

2.525

8.282

32

5.9

6700 Hz

119 lbs

15

0.0571

1.45034

1.65

3.184

10.44352

28

4.7

8250 Hz

94 lbs

16

0.0508

1.29032

1.31

4.016

13.17248

22

3.7

11 k Hz

75 lbs

17

0.0453

1.15062

1.04

5.064

16.60992

19

2.9

13 k Hz

59 lbs

18

0.0403

1.02362

0.823

6.385

20.9428

16

2.3

17 kHz

47 lbs

19

0.0359

0.91186

0.653

8.051

26.40728

14

1.8

21 kHz

37 lbs

20

0.032

0.8128

0.519

10.15

33.292

11

1.5

27 kHz

29 lbs

21

0.0285

0.7239

0.412

12.8

41.984

9

1.2

33 kHz

23 lbs

22

0.0253

0.64516

0.327

16.14

52.9392

7

0.92

42 kHz

18 lbs

23

0.0226

0.57404

0.259

20.36

66.7808

4.7

0.729

53 kHz

14.5 lbs

24

0.0201

0.51054

0.205

25.67

84.1976

3.5

0.577

68 kHz

11.5 lbs

25

0.0179

0.45466

0.162

32.37

106.1736

2.7

0.457

85 kHz

9 lbs

26

0.0159

0.40386

0.128

40.81

133.8568

2.2

0.361

107 kHz

7.2 lbs

27

0.0142

0.36068

0.102

51.47

168.8216

1.7

0.288

130 kHz

5.5 lbs

28

0.0126

0.32004

0.080

64.9

212.872

1.4

0.226

170 kHz

4.5 lbs

29

0.0113

0.28702

0.0647

81.83

268.4024

1.2

0.182

210 kHz

3.6 lbs

30

0.01

0.254

0.0507

103.2

338.496

0.86

0.142

270 kHz

2.75 lbs

31

0.0089

0.22606

0.0401

130.1

426.728

0.7

0.113

340 kHz

2.25 lbs

32

0.008

0.2032

0.0324

164.1

538.248

0.53

0.091

430 kHz

1.8 lbs

Metric 2.0

0.00787

0.200

0.0314

169.39

555.61

0.51

0.088

440 kHz

 

33

0.0071

0.18034

0.0255

206.9

678.632

0.43

0.072

540 kHz

1.3 lbs

Metric 1.8

0.00709

0.180

0.0254

207.5

680.55

0.43

0.072

540 kHz

 

34

0.0063

0.16002

0.0201

260.9

855.752

0.33

0.056

690 kHz

1.1 lbs

Metric 1.6

0.0063

0.16002

0.0201

260.9

855.752

0.33

0.056

690 kHz

 

35

0.0056

0.14224

0.0159

329

1079.12

0.27

0.044

870 kHz

0.92 lbs

Metric 1.4

.00551

.140

0.0154

339

1114

0.26

0.043

900 kHz

 

36

0.005

0.127

0.0127

414.8

1360

0.21

0.035

1100 kHz

0.72 lbs

Metric 1.25

.00492

0.125

0.0123

428.2

1404

0.20

0.034

1150 kHz

 

37

0.0045

0.1143

0.0103

523.1

1715

0.17

0.0289

1350 kHz

0.57 lbs

Metric 1.12

.00441

0.112

0.00985

533.8

1750

0.163

0.0277

1400 kHz

 

38

0.004

0.1016

0.00811

659.6

2163

0.13

0.0228

1750 kHz

0.45 lbs

Metric 1

.00394

0.1000

0.00785

670.2

2198

0.126

0.0225

1750 kHz

 

39

0.0035

0.0889

0.00621

831.8

2728

0.11

0.0175

2250 kHz

0.36 lbs

40

0.0031

0.07874

0.00487

1049

3440

0.09

0.0137

2900 kHz

0.29 lbs

 


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