American Wire Gauge (AWG) To Square MM
American Wire Gauge (AWG) To Square MM
American Wire Gauge (AWG) To Square MM
The AWG standard includes copper, aluminum and other wire materials. Typical household copper wiring is AWG nu
Telephone wire is usually 22, 24, or 26. The higher the gauge number, the smaller the diameter and the thinner th
The table below can be used to convert American Wire Gauge (AWG) to square mm cross sectional area.
Wire Cross-
diamete unit | sectional unit2
r d area A
|
Cross- Wire
sectiona unit2 | diameter unit
l area A d
|
The "unit" is usually millimeters but it can also be inches, feet, yards, meters (metres),
or centimeters, when you take for the area the square of that measure.
Litz wire (stranded wire) consisting of many thin wires need a 14 % larger diameter compared to a solid w
The cross section or the cross sectional area is the area of such a cut.
It need not necessarily have to be a circle.
Voltage drop Δ V
The voltage drop formula with the specific resistance (resistivity) ρ (rho) is:
Δ V = I × R = I × (2 × l × ρ / A)
I = Current in ampere
l = Wire (cable) length in meters (times 2, because there is always a return wire)
ρ = rho, electrical resistivity (also known as specific electrical resistance or volume
resistivity) of copper = 0.01724 ohm×mm2/m (also Ω×m)
(Ohms for l = 1 m length and A = 1 mm2 cross section area of the wire) ρ =1/σ
A = Cross section area in mm2
σ = sigma, electrical conductivity (electrical conductance) of copper = 58 S·m/mm2
Quantity of resistance
R = resistance
Ω
ρ = specific
Ω×m
resistance
l = doublemlength of the cable
A = crossmm
section
2
The derived SI unit of electrical resistivity ρ is Ω × m, shortened from the clear Ω × mm² / m.
The reciprocal of electrical resistivity is electrical conductivity.
Electric Specific
al elec.
conduct resistan
ivity σ ↔ ce ρ
S×m/ Ohm ×
mm² mm² / m
σ=1/ρ ρ=1/σ
siemens S = 1/Ω or ohm Ω = 1/S
The value of the electrical conductivity (conductance) and the specific electrical resista
(resistivity) is a temperature dependent material constant. Mostly it is given at 20 or 25
The symbol for conductance is the capital letter "G" and the unit is the
mho, which is "ohm" spelled backwards. Later, the unit mho was
replaced by the unit Siemens − abbreviated with the letter "S".
Cable
nominal 0.75 10.0
0.5 mm2 1.0 mm2 1.5 mm2 2.5 mm2 4.0 mm2 6.0 mm2
cross mm2 mm2
section A
Maximu
m
3:00 AM 7.6 A 10.4 A 13.5 A 18.3 A 25 A 32 A -
electrica
l current
Always consider, the cross section must be made larger with higher power and higher length of
the cable, but also with lesser impedance. Here is a table to tell the possible power loss.
The damping factor values show, what remains of an accepted damping factor of 200
depending on the cable length, the cross section, and the impedance of the loudspeaker.
Conversion and calculation of cable diameter to AWG
and AWG to cable diameter in mm - American Wire Gauge
Wire
diamete mm |
AWG
number
r d
|
Wire
AWG | diameter mm
number
d
|
The gauges we most commonly use are even numbers, such as 18, 16, 14, etc.
If you get an answer that is odd, such as 17, 19, etc., use the next lower even number.
AWG stands for American Wire Gauge and refers to the strength of wires.
These AWG numbers show the diameter and accordingly the cross section as a code.
They are only used in the USA. Sometimes you find AWG numbers also in catalogues
and technical data in Europe.
Diameter
0.0016 0.0018 0.0020 0.0022 0.0024 0.0027 0.0031 0.0035
in inch
Diameter
(Ø) 0.04 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09
in mm
Cross
section 0.0013 0.0016 0.0020 0.0025 0.0029 0.0037 0.0049 0.0062
in mm2
AWG
33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26
number
Diameter
0.0071 0.0079 0.0089 0.0100 0.0113 0.0126 0.0142 0.0159
in inch
Diameter
(Ø) 0.18 0.20 0.23 0.25 0.29 0.32 0.36 0.40
in mm
Cross
section 0.026 0.032 0.040 0.051 0.065 0.080 0.10 0.13
in mm2
AWG
20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13
number
Diameter
0.0319 0.0359 0.0403 0.0453 0.0508 0.0571 0.0641 0.0719
in inch
Diameter
(Ø) 0.81 0.91 1.02 1.15 1.29 1.45 1.63 1.83
in mm
Cross se
ction 0.52 0.65 0.82 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.6
in mm2
AWG 0
number 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (1/0)
0
Diameter
0.1443 0.1620 0.1819 0.2043 0.2294 0.2576 0.2893 0.3249
0.1443 0.1620 0.1819 0.2043 0.2294 0.2576 0.2893 0.3249
in inch
Diameter
(Ø) 3.67 4.11 4.62 5.19 5.83 6.54 7.35 8.25
in mm
Cross
section 10.6 13.3 16.8 21.1 26.7 33.6 42.4 53.5
in mm2
diameter
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compared to a solid wire.
κ or σ = 1/ρ
e ρ = 1/κ = 1/σ
ctrical conductivity
ic electrical resistance
s given at 20 or 25°C.
s any temperature,
is known.
ductance
er length of
o AWG
Wire Gauge
38 37 36 35 34
25 24 23 22 21
12 11 10 9 8
0 0 0 0 0
(2/0) (3/0) (4/0) (5/0) (6/0)
(-1) (-2) (-3) (-4) (-5)
● Ohm's Law ●
Calculator and all Formulas
Resistance (ohms), current (amps), and voltage
Ohm's Law is the linear proportionality between current and voltage that occurs for most condu
of electricity. A graph of voltage against current is a straight line. The gradient is the resistance.
Practitioners rarely speak of potential difference, when electrical voltage (drop) is meant. VIR
voltage resistanc
current I
V eR
⁄
volts ohms amperes
voltage resistan
current I
V ce R
⁄
volts amperes ohms
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Formul Symbo
Name Unit
a sign l
voltage V or E volt V
I ampere
current A
(amp)
resistan R ohm Ω
ce
power P watt W
"V ⁄ I = R = const." ist not the law of ohm. It is the definition of the resistance.
Thereafter, in every point, even with a bent curve, the resistance value can be calculated.
For many electrical components such as diodes ohm's law does not apply.
The magic V I R triangle can be used to calculate all formulations of ohm's law.
Use a finger to hide the value to be calculated. The other two values then show
how to do the calculation.
The symbol I or J = Latin: influare, international ampere, and R = resistance. V = voltage or
electric potential difference, also called voltage drop, or E = electromotive force (emf = voltage)
The voltage drop V in volts (V) is equal to the wire current I in amps (A) times twice
the wire length L in meters (m) times the wire resistance per 1000 meters R in ohms
(Ω / km) divided by 1000:
Vdrop (V) = Iwire (A) × Rwire (Ω)
= Iwire (A) × (2 × L (m) × Rwire (Ω / km) / 1000 (m / km))
Some persons think that Georg Simon Ohm calculated the "specific resistance".
Therefore they think that only the following can be the true ohm's law.
Quantity of resistance
R = resistance
Ω
ρ = specific
Ω×m
resistance
l = doublemlength of the cable
A = crossmm
section
2
ρ=
silver
σ = 62 0.0161
S·m/mm² Ohm∙mm
²/m
ρ=
copper
σ = 58 0.0172
S·m/mm² Ohm∙mm
²/m
ρ=
gold σ = 41 0.0244
S·m/mm² Ohm∙mm
²/m
ρ=
aluminiu σ = 36 0.0277
m S·m/mm² Ohm∙mm
²/m
ρ=
constan σ = 2.0 0.5000
tan S·m/mm² Ohm∙mm
²/m
The value of the electrical conductivity (conductance) and the specific electric
(resistivity) is a temperature dependent material constant. Mostly it is given at
Resistance R = ρ × (l / A) or R = l / (σ × A)
For all conductors the specific resistivity changes with the temperature. In a lim
temperature range it is approximately linear:
Cross section A of the wire in mm2 inserted in this formula gives the diameter d in mm.
Electric
voltage volts
V
Amperag
amps
e I
Resist
ohms
ance R
V = I × R I = V /
R R = V / I
Electric power P = I × V (Power law PIV)
Electric power = amperage × voltage (Watt's Law)
Please enter two values, the third value will be calculated.
Electric
Power watts
P
Amperag
amps
e I
Voltage
volts
V
P = I × V I = P /
V V = P / I
Ohm's law. V = I × R, where V is the potential across a circuit element, I is the current
through it, and R is its resistance. This is not a generally applicable definition of
resistance. It is only applicable to ohmic resistors, those whose resistance R is
constant over the range of interest and V obeys a strictly linear relation to I. Materials
are said to be ohmic when V depends linearly on R. Metals are ohmic so long as one
holds their temperature constant. But changing the temperature of a metal changes
slightly. When the current changes rapidly, as when turning on a light, or when using AC
sources, slightly non-linear and non-ohmic behavior can be observed. For non-ohmic
resistors, R is current-dependent and the definition R = dV/dI is far more useful. This is
sometimes called the dynamic resistance. Solid state devices such as thermistors are
non-ohmic and non-linear. A thermistor's resistance decreases as it warms up, so its
dynamic resistance is negative. Tunnel diodes and some electrochemical processes
have a complicated I to V curve with a negative resistance region of operation. The
dependence of resistance on current is partly due to the change in the device's
temperature with increasing current, but other subtle processes also contribute to
change in resistance in solid state devices.
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