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NEC Copper Wire (Kcmil) ( /KM) 90°C Raceway (A) Copper

This document provides a quick reference chart for American Wire Gauge (AWG) copper wire specifications. It lists the wire gauge, diameter, cross-sectional area, copper resistance, ampacity, and approximate stranded metric equivalents for wire sizes from 0000 to 40 AWG. The chart includes key electrical properties and specifications to help identify suitable wire sizes for different applications based on factors like current carrying capacity and resistance.

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NEC Copper Wire (Kcmil) ( /KM) 90°C Raceway (A) Copper

This document provides a quick reference chart for American Wire Gauge (AWG) copper wire specifications. It lists the wire gauge, diameter, cross-sectional area, copper resistance, ampacity, and approximate stranded metric equivalents for wire sizes from 0000 to 40 AWG. The chart includes key electrical properties and specifications to help identify suitable wire sizes for different applications based on factors like current carrying capacity and resistance.

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AWG WIRE GAUGE QUICK REFERENCE CHART

Copper NEC copper wire Approximate


Diameter Turns of wire* Area
AWG resistance ampacity with 60/75/ stranded metric
(inch) (mm) (/inch) (/cm) (kcmil) (mm²) (Ω/km) (mΩ/ft) 90°C raceway (A) equivalents
0000 (4/0) 0.46 11.684 2.17 0.856 212 107 0.1608 0.04901 195 / 230 / 260
000 (3/0) 0.4096 10.404 2.44 0.961 168 85 0.2028 0.0618 165 / 200 / 225
00 (2/0) 0.3648 9.266 2.74 1.08 133 67.4 0.2557 0.07793 145 / 175 / 195
0 (1/0) 0.3249 8.252 3.08 1.21 106 53.5 0.3224 0.09827 125 / 150 / 170
1 0.2893 7.348 3.46 1.36 83.7 42.4 0.4066 0.1239 110 / 130 / 150
2 0.2576 6.544 3.88 1.53 66.4 33.6 0.5127 0.1563 95 / 115 / 130
3 0.2294 5.827 4.36 1.72 52.6 26.7 0.6465 0.197 85 / 100 / 110 196/0.4
4 0.2043 5.189 4.89 1.93 41.7 21.2 0.8152 0.2485 70 / 85 / 95
5 0.1819 4.621 5.5 2.16 33.1 16.8 1.028 0.3133 126/0.4
6 0.162 4.115 6.17 2.43 26.3 13.3 1.296 0.3951 55 / 65 / 75
7 0.1443 3.665 6.93 2.73 20.8 10.5 1.634 0.4982 80/0.4
8 0.1285 3.264 7.78 3.06 16.5 8.37 2.061 0.6282 40 / 50 / 55
9 0.1144 2.906 8.74 3.44 13.1 6.63 2.599 0.7921
84/0.3
10 0.1019 2.588 9.81 3.86 10.4 5.26 3.277 0.9989 30 / 35 / 40
11 0.0907 2.305 11 4.34 8.23 4.17 4.132 1.26 56/0.3
12 0.0808 2.053 12.4 4.87 6.53 3.31 5.211 1.588 25 / 25 / 30 (20)
13 0.072 1.828 13.9 5.47 5.18 2.62 6.571 2.003 50/0.25
14 0.0641 1.628 15.6 6.14 4.11 2.08 8.286 2.525 20 / 20 / 25 (15)
15 0.0571 1.45 17.5 6.9 3.26 1.65 10.45 3.184
30/0.25
16 0.0508 1.291 19.7 7.75 2.58 1.31 13.17 4.016 — / — / 18 (10)
17 0.0453 1.15 22.1 8.7 2.05 1.04 16.61 5.064 32/0.2
18 0.0403 1.024 24.8 9.77 1.62 0.823 20.95 6.385 — / — / 14 (7)
24/0.2
19 0.0359 0.912 27.9 11 1.29 0.653 26.42 8.051
20 0.032 0.812 31.3 12.3 1.02 0.518 33.31 10.15 16/0.2
21 0.0285 0.723 35.1 13.8 0.81 0.41 42 12.8
22 0.0253 0.644 39.5 15.5 0.642 0.326 52.96 16.14 7/0.25
23 0.0226 0.573 44.3 17.4 0.509 0.258 66.79 20.36
24 0.0201 0.511 49.7 19.6 0.404 0.205 84.22 25.67 1/0.5, 7/0.2, 30/0.1
25 0.0179 0.455 55.9 22 0.32 0.162 106.2 32.37
26 0.0159 0.405 62.7 24.7 0.254 0.129 133.9 40.81 7/0.15
27 0.0142 0.361 70.4 27.7 0.202 0.102 168.9 51.47
28 0.0126 0.321 79.1 31.1 0.16 0.081 212.9 64.9
29 0.0113 0.286 88.8 35 0.127 0.0642 268.5 81.84
30 0.01 0.255 99.7 39.3 0.101 0.0509 338.6 103.2 1/0.25, 7/0.1
31 0.00893 0.227 112 44.1 0.0797 0.0404 426.9 130.1
32 0.00795 0.202 126 49.5 0.0632 0.032 538.3 164.1
33 0.00708 0.18 141 55.6 0.0501 0.0254 678.8 206.9
34 0.0063 0.16 159 62.4 0.0398 0.0201 856 260.9
35 0.00561 0.143 178 70.1 0.0315 0.016 1079 329
36 0.005 0.127 200 78.7 0.025 0.0127 1361 414.8
37 0.00445 0.113 225 88.4 0.0198 0.01 1716 523.1
38 0.00397 0.101 252 99.3 0.0157 0.00797 2164 659.6
39 0.00353 0.0897 283 111 0.0125 0.00632 2729 831.8
40 0.00314 0.0799 318 125 0.00989 0.00501 3441 1049
*Turns of wire is on a best-case scenario when winding tightly packed coils with no insulation.

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