Conductor Properties
AWG | Nominal OD | Cross Section | Resistance DCR@20°C | Weight | |||||
inch | mils | mm | Circ.mils | (mm2) | (W/m) | (W/km) | Lbs./m | Kg/km | |
4/0 | 0.46 | 460 | 11.68 | 211600 | 107.22 | 0.04901 | 0.1608 | 641 | 953 |
3/0 | 0.4096 | 409.6 | 10.4 | 167800 | 85.01 | 0.06182 | 0.2028 | 508 | 756 |
2/0 | 0.3648 | 364.8 | 9.27 | 133100 | 67.43 | 0.07793 | 0.2557 | 403 | 599 |
1/0 | 0.3249 | 324.9 | 8.25 | 105600 | 53.49 | 0.03925 | 0.3223 | 319 | 476 |
1 | 0.2893 | 289.3 | 7.35 | 83690 | 42.41 | 0.1239 | 0.4065 | 253 | 377 |
2 | 0.2576 | 257.6 | 6.54 | 66360 | 33.62 | 0.1563 | 0.5128 | 201 | 299 |
3 | 0.2294 | 229.4 | 5.83 | 52620 | 26.67 | 0.1917 | 0.6466 | 159 | 237 |
4 | 0.2043 | 204.3 | 5.19 | 41740 | 21.15 | 0.2485 | 0.8152 | 126 | 188 |
5 | 0.1819 | 181.9 | 4.62 | 33090 | 16.77 | 0.3134 | 1.028 | 100 | 149 |
6 | 0.162 | 162 | 4.11 | 26240 | 13.3 | 0.3952 | 1.296 | 79.4 | 118 |
7 | 0.1443 | 144.3 | 3.67 | 20820 | 10.55 | 0.4981 | 1.634 | 63 | 93.8 |
8 | 0.1285 | 128.5 | 3.26 | 16510 | 8.37 | 0.6281 | 2.061 | 50 | 74.4 |
9 | 0.1144 | 114.4 | 2.91 | 13090 | 6.63 | 0.7925 | 2.6 | 39.6 | 59 |
10 | 0.1019 | 101.9 | 2.59 | 10380 | 5.26 | 0.9988 | 3.23 | 31.4 | 46.8 |
11 | 0.0907 | 90.7 | 2.3 | 8230 | 4.17 | 1.26 | 4.14 | 24.9 | 37.1 |
12 | 0.0808 | 80.8 | 2.05 | 6530 | 3.332 | 1.59 | 5.21 | 19.8 | 29.5 |
13 | 0.072 | 72 | 1.82 | 5180 | 2.627 | 2 | 6.56 | 15.7 | 23.4 |
14 | 0.0641 | 64.1 | 1.63 | 4110 | 2.075 | 2.52 | 8.28 | 12.4 | 18.5 |
15 | 0.0571 | 57.1 | 1.45 | 3260 | 1.646 | 3.18 | 10.4 | 9.87 | 14.7 |
16 | 0.0508 | 50.8 | 1.29 | 2580 | 1.318 | 4.02 | 13.2 | 7.81 | 11.6 |
17 | 0.0453 | 45.3 | 1.15 | 2050 | 1.026 | 5.05 | 16.6 | 6.21 | 9.24 |
18 | 0.0403 | 40.3 | 1.02 | 1620 | 0.8107 | 6.39 | 21 | 4.92 | 7.32 |
19 | 0.0359 | 35.9 | 0.912 | 1290 | 0.5667 | 8.05 | 26.4 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
20 | 0.032 | 32 | 0.813 | 1020 | 0.5189 | 10.1 | 33.2 | 3.1 | 4.61 |
21 | 0.0285 | 28.5 | 0.724 | 812 | 0.4116 | 12.8 | 41.9 | 2.46 | 3.66 |
22 | 0.0253 | 25.3 | 0.643 | 640 | 0.3247 | 16.2 | 53.2 | 1.94 | 2.89 |
23 | 0.0226 | 22.6 | 0.574 | 511 | 0.2588 | 20.3 | 66.6 | 1.55 | 2.31 |
24 | 0.0201 | 20.1 | 0.511 | 404 | 0.2047 | 25.7 | 84.2 | 1.22 | 1.82 |
25 | 0.0179 | 17.9 | 0.44 | 320 | 0.1624 | 32.4 | 106 | 0.97 | 1.44 |
26 | 0.0159 | 15.9 | 0.404 | 253 | 0.1281 | 41 | 135 | 0.765 | 1.14 |
27 | 0.0142 | 14.2 | 0.361 | 202 | 0.1021 | 51.4 | 169 | 0.61 | 0.908 |
28 | 0.0126 | 12.6 | 0.32 | 159 | 0.0804 | 65.3 | 214 | 0.481 | 0.716 |
29 | 0.0113 | 11.3 | 0.287 | 128 | 0.0647 | 81.2 | 266 | 0.387 | 0.576 |
30 | 0.01 | 10 | 0.254 | 100 | 0.0507 | 104 | 340 | 0.303 | 0.451 |
31 | 0.0089 | 8.9 | 0.226 | 79.2 | 0.0401 | 131 | 430 | 0.24 | 0.357 |
32 | 0.008 | 8 | 0.203 | 64 | 0.0316 | 162 | 532 | 0.194 | 0.289 |
33 | 0.0071 | 7.1 | 0.18 | 50.4 | 0.0255 | 206 | 675 | 0.153 | 0.228 |
34 | 0.0063 | 6.3 | 0.16 | 39.7 | 0.0201 | 261 | 857 | 0.12 | 0.179 |
35 | 0.0056 | 5.6 | 0.142 | 31.4 | 0.0169 | 331 | 1080 | 0.0949 | 0.141 |
36 | 0.005 | 5 | 0.127 | 25 | 0.0127 | 415 | 1360 | 0.0757 | 0.113 |
37 | 0.0045 | 4.5 | 0.114 | 20.3 | 0.0098 | 512 | 1680 | 0.0613 | 0.0912 |
38 | 0.004 | 4 | 0.102 | 16 | 0.0081 | 648 | 2130 | 0.0484 | 0.072 |
39 | 0.0035 | 3.5 | 0.089 | 12.3 | 0.0062 | 847 | 2780 | 0.0371 | 0.0552 |
40 | 0.0031 | 3.1 | 0.079 | 9.6 | 0.0049 | 1080 | 3540 | 0.0291 | 0.0433 |
AWG | No./mm | Diameter | Cross area | Weight Kg/km |
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inch | mm | Square inch | Square mm | |||
1 | 1/7.349 | 0.2893 | 7.348 | 0.06573 | 42.41 | 377 |
19/1.690 | 8.508 | 379 | ||||
37/1.210 | 8.5 | 379 | ||||
61/0.941 | 8.48 | 377 | ||||
2 | 1/6.544 | 0.2576 | 6.544 | 0.05212 | 33.63 | 299 |
7/2.474 | 7.41 | 299 | ||||
19/1.502 | 7.551 | 299 | ||||
37/1.080 | 7.59 | 302 | ||||
4 | 1/5.190 | 0.2043 | 5.189 | 0.03278 | 21.15 | 188 |
7/1.962 | 5.96 | 188 | ||||
19/1.191 | 5.991 | 188 | ||||
37/0.854 | 5.992 | 188 | ||||
133/0.450 | 6.032 | 188 | ||||
420/0.254 | 6.036 | 192.2 | ||||
6 | 1/4.116 | 0.162 | 4.115 | 0.02061 | 13.3 | 118.2 |
7/1.560 | 4.77 | 119 | ||||
19/0.950 | 4.829 | 120 | ||||
37/0.677 | 4.749 | 118 | ||||
266/0.254 | 4.803 | 121 | ||||
8 | 1/3.265 | 0.1285 | 3.264 | 0.01297 | 8.368 | 74.39 |
7/1.234 | 3.69 | 74.43 | ||||
19/0.749 | 3.771 | 74.6 | ||||
37/0.537 | 3.76 | 74.4 | ||||
133/0.284 | 3.783 | 75 | ||||
10 | 1/2.589 | 0.1019 | 2.588 | 0.00816 | 5.262 | 46.78 |
7/0.980 | 2.961 | 46.94 | ||||
19/0.595 | 3.005 | 47.4 | ||||
105/0.254 | 3.017 | 47.8 | ||||
259/0.160 | 2.974 | 46.4 | ||||
12 | 1/2.053 | 0.0808 | 2.053 | 0.00513 | 3.309 | 29.42 |
7/0.776 | 2.325 | 29.43 | ||||
19/0.471 | 2.371 | 29.37 | ||||
65/0.254 | 2.365 | 29.58 | ||||
168/0.130 | 2.395 | 30.1 | ||||
14 | 1/1.630 | 0.0641 | 1.628 | 0.00323 | 2.081 | 18.5 |
7/0.616 | 1.845 | 18.53 | ||||
19/0.374 | 1.877 | 18.5 | ||||
41/0.254 | 1.885 | 18.66 | ||||
105/0.160 | 1.894 | 18.81 | ||||
16 | 1/1.291 | 0.0508 | 1.291 | 0.00203 | 1.309 | 11.64 |
7/0.488 | 1.464 | 11.67 | ||||
26/0.254 | 1.502 | 11.83 | ||||
65/0.160 | 1.483 | 11.65 | ||||
18 | 1/1.024 | 0.0403 | 1.024 | 0.00128 | 0.8226 | 7.321 |
7/0.390 | 1.192 | 7.434 | ||||
16/0.254 | 1.178 | 7.28 | ||||
34/0.180 | 1.212 | 7.54 | ||||
41/0.160 | 1.163 | 7.16 | ||||
20 | 1/0.813 | 0.032 | 0.8118 | 0.0008 | 0.5174 | 4.6 |
7/0.310 | 0.96 | 4.7 | ||||
21/0.180 | 0.9421 | 4.65 | ||||
26/0.160 | 0.9305 | 4.54 | ||||
22 | 1/0.645 | 0.0253 | 0.6439 | 0.0005 | 0.3256 | 2.895 |
7/0.254 | 0.765 | 3.186 | ||||
17/0.160 | 0.7524 | 2.97 | ||||
24 | 1/0.511 | 0.0201 | 0.5106 | 0.00032 | 0.2047 | 1.82 |
7/0.200 | 0.6 | 1.06 | ||||
11/0.160 | 0.60525 | 1.92 | ||||
26 | 1/0.404 | 0.0159 | 0.4049 | 0.0002 | 0.1288 | 1.145 |
7/0.160 | 0.474 | 1.223 | ||||
28 | 1/0.322 | 0.0126 | 0.3211 | 0.00013 | 0.08097 | 0.7198 |
7/0.127 | 0.381 | 0.7903 | ||||
30 | 1/0.254 | 0.01 | 0.2548 | 0.00007901 | 0.05097 | 0.4531 |
7/0.100 | 0.3 | 0.49 | ||||
32 | 7/0.080 | 0.008 | 0.2091 | 0.00004964 | 0.03203 | 0.2847 |
34 | 1/0.161 | 0.0063 | 0.1601 | 0.00003122 | 0.02014 | 0.179 |
36 | 1/0.128 | 0.005 | 0.127 | 0.00001963 | 0.01267 | 0.1126 |
38 | 1/0.102 | 0.004 | 0.1007 | 0.00001235 | 0.00797 | 0.07084 |
40 | 1/0.080 | 0.0031 | 0.07987 | 0.000007768 | 0.00201 | 0.04456 |
IEC 60228/BS6360 Conductors for insulated cables
Cross Section |
Nearest AWG | Stranding | Stranding | Resistance Ohm/km Classes 1&2 | Stranding Class 5 | Stranding | Resistance Ohm/km Classes 5&6 | Approx Weight kg/km |
mm2 | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 6 | |||||
0.14 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 18X0.10 | 138 | 1.35 |
0.25 | 24 | — | — | — | 14X0.16 | 32X0.10 | 79 | 2.4 |
0.34 | 22 | — | — | — | 19X0.16 | 42X0.10 | 57 | 3.3 |
0.5 | 20 | 1X0.80 | 7X0.30 | 36 | 16X0.21 | 28X0.16 | 38 | 4.8 |
0.75 | 18 | 1X 0.97 | 7X 0.37 | 24.5 | 24X0.21 | 42X0.16 | 26 | 7.2 |
1 | 18 | 1X 1.13 | 7X 0.43 | 18.1 | 32X0.21 | 56X0.16 | 19.5 | 9.6 |
1.5 | 16 | 1X 1.38 | 7X 0.53 | 12.1 | 30X0.26 | 84X0.16 | 13.3 | 14.4 |
2.5 | 14 | 1X 1.78 | 7X 0.67 | 7.41 | 50X0.26 | 140X0.16 | 7.98 | 24 |
4 | 12 | 1X 2.26 | 7X 0.85 | 4.61 | 56X0.31 | 224X0.16 | 4.95 | 38 |
6 | 10 | 1X 2.76 | 7X 1.04 | 3.08 | 84X0.31 | 192X0.21 | 3.3 | 58 |
10 | 8 | 1X 3.57 | 7X 1.35 | 1.83 | 80X0.41 | 320X0.21 | 1.91 | 96 |
16 | 6 | 1X 4.5 | 7X1.70 | 1.15 | 128X0.41 | 512X0.21 | 1.21 | 154 |
25 | 4 | — | 7X 2.14 | 0.72 | 200X0.41 | 800X0.21 | 0.78 | 240 |
35 | 2 | — | 7X 2.52 | 0.52 | 280X0.41 | 1120X0.21 | 0.55 | 336 |
50 | 1/0 | — | 19X1.78 | 0.39 | 400X0.41 | 705X0.31 | 0.39 | 480 |
70 | 2/0 | — | 19X2.14 | 0.27 | 356X0.51 | 990X0.31 | 0.27 | 672 |
95 | 3/0 | — | 19X2.52 | 0.19 | 485X0.51 | 1340X0.31 | 0.21 | 912 |
120 | 250MCM | — | 37X2.03 | 0.15 | 614X0.51 | 1690X0.31 | 0.16 | 1152 |
150 | 300 MCM | — | 37X 2.25 | 0.12 | 765X0.51 | 2123X0.31 | 0.13 | 1440 |
185 | 400 MCM | — | 37X 2.52 | 0.1 | 944X0.51 | 1470X0.41 | 0.11 | 1776 |
240 | 500 MCM | — | 61X2.25 | 0.07 | 1225X0.51 | 1905X0.41 | 0.08 | 2304 |
300 | 600 MCM | — | 61X 2.52 | 0.06 | 1530X0.51 | 2385X0.41 | 0.064 | 2880 |
400 | 750 MCM | — | 61X 2.85 | 0.05 | 2035X0.51 | — | 0.068 | 3840 |
500 | 1000 MCM | — | 61X 3.20 | 0.04 | 1768X0.60 | — | 0.0384 | 4800 |
SWG | BWG | BG | AWG | |||||
in | mm | in | mm | in | mm | in | mm | |
7/0 | 0.5 | 12.7 | — | — | 0.6666 | 16.932 | — | — |
6/0 | 0.464 | 11.786 | — | — | 0.625 | 15.875 | 0.58 | 14.732 |
5/0 | 0.432 | 10.973 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 0.5883 | 14.943 | 0.5165 | 13.119 |
4/0 | 0.4 | 10.16 | 0.454 | 11.532 | 0.5416 | 13.757 | 0.46 | 11.684 |
3/0 | 0.372 | 9.449 | 0.425 | 10.795 | 0.5 | 12.7 | 0.4096 | 10.404 |
2/0 | 0.348 | 8.839 | 0.33 | 9.652 | 0.4451 | 11.308 | 0.3648 | 9.266 |
0 | 0.324 | 8.23 | 0.34 | 8.639 | 0.3954 | 10.069 | 0.3249 | 8.252 |
1 | 0.3 | 7.62 | 0.3 | 7.62 | 0.3532 | 8.971 | 0.2893 | 7.348 |
2 | 0.276 | 7.01 | 0.284 | 7.214 | 0.3147 | 7.993 | 0.2576 | 6.544 |
3 | 0.252 | 6.401 | 0.259 | 6.579 | 0.2804 | 7.122 | 0.2294 | 5.827 |
4 | 0.232 | 5.893 | 0.238 | 6.045 | 0.25 | 6.35 | 0.2043 | 5.189 |
5 | 0.212 | 5.385 | 0.22 | 5.588 | 0.2225 | 5.652 | 0.1819 | 4.621 |
6 | 0.192 | 4.877 | 0.203 | 5.156 | 0.1981 | 5.032 | 0.162 | 4.115 |
7 | 0.176 | 4.47 | 0.18 | 4.572 | 0.1764 | 4.481 | 0.1443 | 3.665 |
8 | 0.16 | 4.064 | 0.165 | 4.191 | 0.157 | 3.988 | 0.1285 | 3.264 |
9 | 0.144 | 3.658 | 0.148 | 3.759 | 0.1398 | 3.551 | 0.1144 | 2.906 |
10 | 0.128 | 3.251 | 0.134 | 3.404 | 0.125 | 3.175 | 0.1019 | 2.588 |
ll | 0.116 | 2.946 | 0.12 | 3.048 | 0.1313 | 2.827 | 0.09074 | 2.305 |
12 | 0.104 | 2.642 | 0.109 | 2.769 | 0.0991 | 2.517 | 0.08081 | 2.053 |
13 | 0.092 | 2.337 | 0.095 | 2.413 | 0.0882 | 2.24 | 0.07196 | 1.828 |
14 | 0.08 | 2.032 | 0.083 | 2.108 | 0.0785 | 1.994 | 0.06408 | 1.628 |
15 | 0.072 | 1.829 | 0.072 | 1.829 | 0.0699 | 1.775 | 0.05707 | 1.45 |
16 | 0.064 | 1.626 | 0.065 | 1.651 | 0.0625 | 1.588 | 0.05082 | 1.291 |
17 | 0.056 | 1.422 | 0.058 | 1.473 | 0.0556 | 1.412 | 0.04526 | 1.15 |
18 | 0.048 | 1.219 | 0.049 | 1.245 | 0.0495 | 1.257 | 0.0403 | 1.024 |
19 | 0.04 | 1.016 | 0.042 | 1.067 | 0.044 | 1.118 | 0.03589 | 0.912 |
20 | 0.036 | 0.914 | 0.035 | 0.839 | 0.0392 | 0.996 | 0.03196 | 0.812 |
2l | 0.032 | 0.813 | 0.032 | 0.813 | 0.0349 | 0.887 | 0.02846 | 0.723 |
22 | 0.028 | 0.711 | 0.028 | 0.711 | 0.03125 | 0.794 | 0.02535 | 0.644 |
23 | 0.024 | 0.61 | 0.025 | 0.635 | 0.02782 | 0.707 | 0.02257 | 0.573 |
24 | 0.022 | 0.559 | 0.022 | 0.559 | 0.02476 | 0.629 | 0.0201 | 0.511 |
25 | 0.02 | 0.508 | 0.02 | 0.508 | 0.02204 | 0.56 | 0.0179 | 0.455 |
26 | 0.018 | 0.457 | 0.018 | 0.457 | 0.01961 | 0.498 | 0.01594 | 0.405 |
27 | 0.0164 | 0.417 | 0.016 | 0.406 | 0.01745 | 0.443 | 0.0142 | 0.361 |
28 | 0.0148 | 0.376 | 0.014 | 0.356 | 0.01562 | 0.397 | 0.01264 | 0.321 |
29 | 0.0136 | 0.345 | 0.013 | 0.33 | 0.0139 | 0.353 | 0.01126 | 0.286 |
30 | 0.0124 | 0.315 | 0.012 | 0.305 | 0.0123 | 0.312 | 0.01003 | 0.255 |
31 | 0.0116 | 0.295 | 0.01 | 0.254 | 0.011 | 0.27 | 0.00893 | 0.227 |
32 | 0.0108 | 0.274 | 0.009 | 0.229 | 0.0098 | 0.249 | 0.00795 | 0.202 |
33 | 0.01 | 0.254 | 0.008 | 0.203 | 0.0087 | 0.221 | 0.00708 | 0.18 |
34 | 0.0092 | 0.234 | 0.007 | 0.178 | 0.0077 | 0.196 | 0.0063 | 0.16 |
35 | 0.0084 | 0.213 | 0.005 | 0.127 | 0.0069 | 0.175 | 0.00562 | 0.143 |
36 | 0.0076 | 0.193 | 0.004 | 0.102 | 0.0061 | 0.155 | 0.005 | 0.127 |
37 | 0.0068 | 0.173 | — | — | 0.0054 | 0.137 | 0.00445 | 0.113 |
38 | 0.006 | 0.152 | — | — | 0.0048 | 0.122 | 0.00396 | 0.101 |
39 | 0.0052 | 0.132 | — | — | 0.0043 | 0.109 | 0.00353 | 0.09 |
40 | 0.0048 | 0.122 | — | — | 0.00386 | 0.098 | 0.00314 | 0.08 |
41 | 0.0044 | 0.112 | — | — | 0.00343 | 0.087 | 0.0028 | 0.071 |
42 | 0.004 | 0.102 | — | — | 0.00306 | 0.078 | 0.00249 | 0.063 |
43 | 0.0036 | 0.091 | — | — | 0.00272 | 0.069 | 0.00222 | 0.056 |
44 | 0.0032 | 0.081 | — | — | 0.00242 | 0.061 | 0.00198 | 0.05 |
45 | 0.0028 | 0.071 | — | — | 0.00215 | 0.055 | 0.00176 | 0.048 |
46 | 0.0024 | 0.061 | — | — | 0.00192 | 0.049 | 0.00157 | 0.046 |
47 | 0.002 | 0.051 | — | — | 0.0017 | 0.043 | 0.0014 | 0.035 |
48 | 0.0016 | 0.041 | — | — | 0.00152 | 0.039 | 0.00124 | 0.032 |
49 | 0.0012 | 0.03 | — | — | 0.00135 | 0.034 | 0.00111 | 0.028 |
50 | 0.001 | 0.025 | — | — | 0.0012 | 0.03 | 0.00099 | 0.025 |