17.4) American Wire Gauge (AWG) table for annealed copper wire

(Similar tables exist for other types of wire, e.g., aluminum.)

(Table provided by: Peter Boniewicz (peterbon@mail.atr.bydgoszcz.pl)).

Wire Table for AWG 0000 to 40, with diam in mils, circular mils,
square microinches, ohms per foot, ft per lb, etc.

    AWG  Dia in  Circ.  Square  Ohm per lbs per Feet/   Feet/    Ohms/
   gauge  mils   Mils   MicroIn 1000 ft 1000 ft Pound    Ohm     Pound
  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0000  460.0  211600  166200  0.04901 640.5   1.561   20400   0.00007652
   000   409.6  167800  131800  0.06180 507.9   1.968   16180   0.0001217
   00    364.8  133100  104500  0.07793 402.8   2.482   12830   0.0001935

   0     324.9  105500  82890   0.09827 319.5   3.130   10180   0.0003076
   1     289.3  83690   65730   0.1239  253.3   3.947   8070    0.0004891
   2     257.6  66370   52130   0.1563  200.9   4.977   6400    0.0007778

   3     229.4  52640   41340   0.1970  159.3   6.276   5075    0.001237
   4     204.3  41740   32780   0.2485  126.4   7.914   4025    0.001966
   5     181.9  33100   26000   0.3133  100.2   9.980   3192    0.003127

   6     162.0  26250   20620   0.3951  79.46   12.58   2531    0.004972
   7     144.3  20820   16350   0.4982  63.02   15.87   2007    0.007905
   8     128.5  16510   12970   0.6282  49.98   20.01   1592    0.01257

   9     114.4  13090   10280   0.7921  39.63   25.23   1262    0.01999
   10    101.9  10380   8155    0.9989  31.43   31.82   1001    0.03178
   11    90.74  8234    6467    1.260   24.92   40.12   794     0.05053

   12    80.81  6530    5129    1.588   19.77   50.59   629.6   0.08035
   13    71.96  5178    4067    2.003   15.68   63.80   499.3   0.1278
   14    64.08  4107    3225    2.525   12.43   80.44   396.0   0.2032

   15    57.07  3257    2558    3.184   9.858   101.4   314.0   0.3230
   16    50.82  2583    2028    4.016   7.818   127.9   249.0   0.5136
   17    45.26  2048    1609    5.064   6.200   161.3   197.5   0.8167

   18    40.30  1624    1276    6.385   4.917   203.4   156.6   1.299
   19    35.89  1288    1012    8.051   3.899   256.5   124.2   2.065
   20    31.96  1022    802.3   10.15   3.092   323.4   98.50   3.283

   21    28.46  810.1   636.3   12.80   2.452   407.8   78.11   5.221
   22    25.35  642.4   504.6   16.14   1.945   514.2   61.95   8.301
   23    22.57  509.5   400.2   20.36   1.542   648.4   49.13   13.20

   24    20.10  404.0   317.3   25.67   1.223   817.7   38.96   20.99
   25    17.90  320.4   251.7   32.37   0.9699  1031.0  30.90   33.37
   26    15.94  254.1   199.6   40.81   0.7692  1300    24.50   53.06

   27    14.20  201.5   158.3   51.47   0.6100  1639    19.43   84.37
   28    12.64  159.8   125.5   64.90   0.4837  2067    15.41   134.2
   29    11.26  126.7   99.53   81.83   0.3836  2607    12.22   213.3

   30    10.03  100.5   78.94   103.2   0.3042  3287    9.691   339.2
   31    8.928  79.70   62.60   130.1   0.2413  4145    7.685   539.3
   32    7.950  63.21   49.64   164.1   0.1913  5227    6.095   857.6

   33    7.080  50.13   39.37   206.9   0.1517  6591    4.833   1364
   34    6.305  39.75   31.22   260.9   0.1203  8310    3.833   2168
   35    5.615  31.52   24.76   329.0   0.09542 10480   3.040   3448

   36    5.000  25.00   19.64   414.8   0.07568 13210   2.411   5482
   37    4.453  19.83   15.57   523.1   0.06001 16660   1.912   8717
   38    3.965  15.72   12.35   659.6   0.04759 21010   1.516   13860

   39    3.531  12.47   9.793   831.8   0.03774 26500   1.202   22040
   40    3.145  9.888   7.766   1049.0  0.02993 33410   0.9534  35040
   41    2.808  7.860   6.175   1319    0.02379 42020   0.758   55440

   42    2.500  6.235   4.896   1663    0.01887 53000   0.601   88160
   43    2.226  4.944   3.883   2098    0.01497 66820   0.476   140160
   44    1.982  3.903   3.087   2638    0.01189 84040   0.379   221760

   45    1.766  3.117   2.448   3326    0.00943 106000  0.300   352640
   46    1.572  2.472   1.841   4196    0.00748 133640  0.238   560640

Ohms per 1000 ft, ft per Ohm, Ohms per lb, all taken at 20 degC (68 degF).

Note: Values for AWG #41 to #46 extrapolated from AWG #35 to #40 based on wire
gauge formula.
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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