AWG Chart

AWG Value	Diameter [inch]	Diameter [mm]	Cross Section Area [mm2]	Copper Resistance [ohm/km]	Common Metric Equivalent [mm2]
5	0.1819	4.621	16.8	1.028
6	0.1620	4.115	13.3	1.296
7	0.1443	3.665	10.5	1.634
8	0.1285	3.264	8.37	2.061
9	0.1144	2.906	6.63	2.599
10	0.1019	2.588	5.26	3.277
11	0.0907	2.305	4.17	4.132	4.0
12	0.0808	2.053	3.31	5.211
13	0.0720	1.828	2.62	6.571	2.5
14	0.0641	1.628	2.08	8.286
15	0.0571	1.450	1.65	10.45	1.5
16	0.0508	1.291	1.31	13.17
17	0.0453	1.150	1.04	16.61	1.0
18	0.0403	1.024	0.823	20.95	0.75
19	0.0359	0.912	0.653	26.42
20	0.0320	0.812	0.518	33.31	0.5
21	0.0285	0.723	0.410	42.00
22	0.0253	0.644	0.326	52.96
23	0.0226	0.573	0.258	66.79
24	0.0201	0.511	0.205	84.22	0.25
25	0.0179	0.455	0.162	106.2
26	0.0159	0.405	0.129	133.9	0.14
27	0.0142	0.361	0.102	168.9
28	0.0126	0.321	0.0810	212.9	0.09
29	0.0113	0.286	0.0642	268.5
30	0.0100	0.255	0.0509	338.6
31	0.00893	0.227	0.0404	426.9
32	0.00795	0.202	0.0320	538.3

Common values:

• 2.5mm²: Loudspeaker cable, 360V European kitchen stove connection
• 1.5mm²: European household installation with 230V
• 0.75mm²: European flexible and light appliance cord with 230V
• 0.14mm²: AWG26, Hobby electronics, telephone cable
• 0.09mm²: AWG28, Very fine cable for ear phones
• AWG 12: Heavy 120V household installation cable
• AWG 14: Thin 120V household installation cable

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