Engineering Tables For Wire Gauge

Engineering Tables/Standard Wire Gauge
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Diameter
Standa
rd
Wire
Gauge
Turns of
wire
Crosssectional
area
Res. per
length
(for
copper
wire)
Mass per
length
Current
Capacity / A
kcm
il
mm2
/
km
/k
ft
lb/ft
kg/
m
750
kcm
il/A
500kc
mil/A
0.0
787
250
127
0.1
36
0.44
7
0.75
9
1.13
333
500
2.
16
0.0
848
215
109
0.1
58
0.51
9
0.65
4
0.97
3
287
431
11.
0
2.
31
0.0
911
187
94.6
0.1
82
0.59
8
0.56
7
0.84
4
249
373
0.40
0
10.
2
2.
50
0.0
984
160
81.1
0.2
13
0.69
8
0.48
6
0.72
3
213
320
000
(3/0)
0.37
2
9.4
5
2.
69
0.1
06
138
70.1
0.2
46
0.80
7
0.42
0
0.62
5
185
277
00
(2/0)
0.34
8
8.8
4
2.
87
0.1
13
121
61.4
0.2
81
0.92
2
0.36
8
0.54
7
161
242
0 (1/0)
0.32
4
8.2
3
3.
09
0.1
22
105
53.2
0.3
24
1.06
0.31
9
0.47
4
140
210
0.30
0
7.6
2
3.
33
0.1
31
90.0
45.6
0.3
78
1.24
0.27
3
0.40
7
120
180
in
m
m
in
mm
000000
0 (7/0)
0.50
0
12.
7
2.
00
000000
(6/0)
0.46
4
11.
8
00000
(5/0)
0.43
2
0000
(4/0)
0.27
6
7.0
1
3.
62
0.1
43
76.2
38.6
0.4
47
1.47
0.23
1
0.34
4
102
152
0.25
2
6.4
0
3.
97
0.1
56
63.5
32.2
0.5
36
1.76
0.19
3
0.28
7
84.7
127
0.23
2
5.8
9
4.
31
0.1
70
53.8
27.3
0.6
32
2.07
0.16
3
0.24
3
71.8
108
0.21
2
5.3
8
4.
72
0.1
86
44.9
22.8
0.7
57
2.48
0.13
7
0.20
3
59.9
89.9
0.19
2
4.8
8
5.
21
0.2
05
36.9
18.7
0.9
23
3.03
0.11
2
0.16
7
49.2
73.7
0.17
6
4.4
7
5.
68
0.2
24
31.0
15.7
1.1
0
3.60
0.09
41
0.14
0
41.3
62.0
0.16
0
4.0
6
6.
25
0.2
46
25.6
13.0
1.3
3
4.36
0.07
78
0.11
6
34.1
51.2
0.14
4
3.6
6
6.
94
0.2
73
20.7
10.5
1.6
4
5.38
0.06
30
0.09
37
27.6
41.5
10
0.12
8
3.2
5
7.
81
0.3
08
16.4
8.30
2.0
8
6.81
0.04
98
0.07
41
21.8
32.8
11
0.11
6
2.9
5
8.
62
0.3
39
13.5
6.82
2.5
3
8.30
0.04
09
0.06
08
17.9
26.9
12
0.10
4
2.6
4
9.
62
0.3
79
10.8
5.48
3.1
5
10.3
0.03
29
0.04
89
14.4
21.6
13
0.09
20
2.3
4
10
.9
0.4
28
8.46
4.29
4.0
2
13.2
0.02
57
0.03
83
11.3
16.9
14
0.08
00
2.0
3
12
.5
0.4
92
6.40
3.24
5.3
2
17.4
0.01
94
0.02
89
8.53
12.8
15
0.07
20
1.8
3
13
.9
0.5
47
5.18
2.63
6.5
6
21.5
0.01
57
0.02
34
6.91
10.4
16
0.06
40
1.6
3
15
.6
0.6
15
4.10
2.08
8.3
1
27.3
0.01
24
0.01
85
5.46
8.19
17
0.05
60
1.4
2
17
.9
0.7
03
3.14
1.59
10.
9
35.6
0.00
952
0.01
42
4.18
6.27
18
0.04
80
1.2
2
20
.8
0.8
20
2.30
1.17
14.
8
48.5
0.00
700
0.01
04
3.07
4.61
19
0.04
00
1.0
2
25
.0
0.9
84
1.60
0.81
1
21.
3
69.8
0.00
486
0.00
723
2.13
3.20
20
0.03
60
0.9
14
27
.8
1.0
9
1.30
0.65
7
26.
3
86.1
0.00
394
0.00
586
1.73
2.59
21
0.03
20
0.8
13
31
.3
1.2
3
1.02
0.51
9
33.
2
109
0.00
311
0.00
463
1.37
2.05
22
0.02
80
0.7
11
35
.7
1.4
1
0.78
4
0.39
7
43.
4
142
0.00
238
0.00
354
1.05
1.57
23
0.02
40
0.6
10
41
.7
1.6
4
0.57
6
0.29
2
59.
1
194
0.00
175
0.00
260
0.76
8
1.15
24
0.02
20
0.5
59
45
.5
1.7
9
0.48
4
0.24
5
70.
3
231
0.00
147
0.00
219
0.64
5
0.968
25
0.02
00
0.5
08
50
.0
1.9
7
0.40
0
0.20
3
85.
1
279
0.00
121
0.00
181
0.53
3
0.800
26
0.01
80
0.4
57
55
.6
2.1
9
0.32
4
0.16
4
10
5
345
984
0.00
146
0.43
2
0.648
27
0.01
64
0.4
17
61
.0
2.4
0
0.26
9
0.13
6
12
7
415
817
0.00
122
0.35
9
0.538
28
0.01
48
0.3
76
67
.6
2.6
6
0.21
9
0.11
1
15
5
510
665
990
0.29
2
0.438
29
0.01
36
0.3
45
73
.5
2.8
9
0.18
5
0.09
37
18
4
604
562
836
0.24
7
0.370
30
0.01
24
0.3
15
80
.6
3.1
8
0.15
4
0.07
79
22
1
726
467
695
0.20
5
0.308
31
0.01
16
0.2
95
86
.2
3.3
9
0.13
5
0.06
82
25
3
830
409
608
0.17
9
0.269
32
0.01
08
0.2
74
92
.6
3.6
5
0.11
7
0.05
91
29
2
957
354
527
0.15
6
0.233
33
0.01
00
0.2
54
10
0
3.9
4
0.10
0
0.05
07
34
0
112
0
304
452
0.13
3
0.200
34
0.00
920
0.2
34
10
9
4.2
8
0.08
46
0.04
29
40
2
132
0
257
383
0.11
3
0.169
35
0.00
840
0.2
13
11
9
4.6
9
0.07
06
0.03
58
48
2
158
0
214
319
0.09
41
0.141
36
0.00
760
0.1
93
13
2
5.1
8
0.05
78
0.02
93
58
9
193
0
175
261
0.07
70
0.116
37
0.00
680
0.1
73
14
7
5.7
9
0.04
62
0.02
34
73
6
241
0
140
209
0.06
17
0.0925
38
0.00
600
0.1
52
16
7
6.5
6
0.03
60
0.01
82
94
5
310
0
109
163
0.04
80
0.0720
39
0.00
520
0.1
32
19
2
7.5
7
0.02
70
0.01
37
12
60
413
0
82.1
122
0.03
61
0.0541
40
0.00
480
0.1
22
20
8
8.2
0
0.02
30
0.01
17
14
80
485
0
70.0
104
0.03
07
0.0461
41
0.00
440
0.1
12
22
7
8.9
5
0.01
94
0.00
981
17
60
577
0
58.8
87.5
0.02
58
0.0387
42
0.00
400
0.1
02
25
0
9.8
4
0.01
60
0.00
811
21
30
698
0
48.6
72.3
0.02
13
0.0320
43
0.00
360
0.0
914
27
8
10.
9
0.01
30
0.00
657
26
30
861
0
39.4
58.6
0.01
73
0.0259
44
0.00
320
0.0
813
31
3
12.
3
0.01
02
0.00
519
33
20
109
00
31.1
46.3
0.01
37
0.0205
45
0.00
280
0.0
711
35
7
14.
1
0.00
784
0.00
397
43
40
142
00
23.8
35.4
0.01
05
0.0157
46
0.00
240
0.0
610
41
7
16.
4
0.00
576
0.00
292
59
10
194
00
17.5
26.0
0.00
768
0.0115
47
0.00
200
0.0
508
50
0
19.
7
0.00
400
0.00
203
85
10
279
00
12.1
18.1
0.00
533
0.0080
0
48
0.00
160
0.0
406
62
5
24.
6
0.00
256
0.00
130
13
30
0
436
00
7.78
11.6
0.00
341
0.0051
2
49
0.00
0.0
83
32.
0.00
730
775
4.37
6.51
0.00
0.0028
23
60
50
120
305
144
00
192
0.00
100
0.0
254
10
00
39.
4
0.00
100
507
34
00
0
112
000
3.04
4.52
0.00
133
0.0020
0
1.
All values are rounded to three significant figures. Values less than 110 6 are shown
with appropriate SI prefixes to avoid a large number of leading zeros.
2.
The IACS value of 58.0 MS/m is used as the conductivity of copper.
3.
These calculations do not take into account AC effects such as the skin effect perform suitable calculations before using in a high-frequency application. Grid
Not
es:
mains frequencies (50-60 Hz) should not have a noticeable effect, as the skin depth
is over 8mm.
4.
A density of copper of 8920 kg/m3 is used to derive the mass
5.
An allowance of 750 kcmil/A is generally sufficient for calculating current capacity.

The more relaxed 500 kcmil/A is an absolute maximum.
6.
The values are guidelines exact values will depend on the type of wire and
operating conditions such as ambient temperature, thermal conductivity of the
surroundings.

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The IACS value of 58.0 MS/m is used as the conductivity of copper.

A density of copper of 8920 kg/m3 is used to derive the mass

An allowance of 750 kcmil/A is generally sufficient for calculating current capacity.

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