Offshore and

Marine Shipboard
Cables

Standard Wire Size Conversions

(AWG/KCMIL to mm2)
AWG/KCMIL

Circ. Mils1

Cross
Sectional Area
(mm2)

AWG/KCMIL

Circ. Mils1

Cross
Sectional Area
(mm2)

929

929,200

471

2/0

134,200

68

789,410

400

1/0

108,350

55

777

777,700

394

98,676

50

750

750,000

380

87,295

44

69,073

35

63,480

32

49,338

25

42,080

21

31,576

16

25,440

12.9

19,735

10.0

15,730

8.0

11,841

6.0

646

646,400

327

600

600,000

304

592,058

300

535

535,300

271

500

500,000

253

473,646

240

444

444,400

225

400

400,000

203

373

373,700

187

365,102

185

350

350,000

177

313

313,100

159

300

300,000

152

296,029

150

262

262,600

133

250

250,000

127

236,823

120

4/0

216,900

110

187,485

95

174,800

89

138,147

70

3/0

1
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20

10,645

5.4

7,894

4.0

6,309

3.2

4,934

2.50

3,970

2.04

2,960

1.50

2,503

1.31

1,974

1.00

1,760

0.82

1,480

0.75

1,118

0.52

987

0.50

Circular Mil Area values are approximate and are provided as a reference guide.

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