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Subject:Re: electrical experts: what ? -Wire Sizes
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:57:30 -0500
At 09:04 AM 3/6/2001, Rico Sapolich wrote:
>while the decimal numbers are metric sizes, i.e., diameters in millimeters.

actually area in mm**2...

Rough equivalents:

mm      AWG
1       17
1.5     15
2.5     13
4       11
6       10+ (i.e. a bit bigger than 10)
10      7
16      5
25      3
35      2
50      0
70      2/0

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