AWG Specifications Table

Note: The information within this table is based on tertiary sources, original research, particular assumptions and calculations
between data sources exist. This table should only be used as a general reference. No one is responsible for incorrect infor
thereof is the sole responsibility of the user. Use at your own risk.

Diameter (d) Area Copper resistance Aluminum resistance

AWG
sizes kcmil
ohms per ohms per ohms per
inches mm (d² x 1000 mm²
1000 feet km 1000 feet
inches)
0000 0.460000 11.68400 212 107 0.049 0.161 0.080
000 0.409600 10.40384 168 85.0 0.062 0.203 0.101
00 0.364800 9.26592 133 67.4 0.078 0.256 0.128
0 0.324860 8.25144 106 53.5 0.098 0.322 0.161
1 0.289300 7.34822 83.7 42.4 0.124 0.41 0.203
2 0.257630 6.54380 66.4 33.6 0.156 0.51 0.256
3 0.229420 5.82727 52.6 26.7 0.197 0.65 0.323
4 0.204310 5.18947 41.7 21.2 0.249 0.82 0.408
5 0.181940 4.62128 33.1 16.8 0.313 1.03 0.514
6 0.162020 4.11531 26.3 13.3 0.395 1.30 0.648
7 0.144300 3.66522 20.8 10.6 0.498 1.63 0.817
8 0.128496 3.26380 16.5 8.37 0.628 2.06 1.030
9 0.114400 2.90576 13.1 6.63 0.792 2.60 1.300
10 0.101890 2.58801 10.4 5.26 0.999 3.28 1.640
11 0.090700 2.30378 8.23 4.17 1.260 4.13 2.070
12 0.080808 2.05253 6.53 3.31 1.588 5.21 2.610
13 0.072000 1.82880 5.18 2.63 2.003 6.57 3.290
14 0.064084 1.62773 4.11 2.08 2.525 8.28 4.140
15 0.057100 1.45034 3.26 1.65 3.184 10.45 5.220
16 0.050821 1.29086 2.58 1.31 4.016 13.18 6.590
17 0.045300 1.15062 2.05 1.04 5.064 16.61 8.310
18 0.040303 1.02370 1.62 0.82 6.385 20.95 10.500
19 0.035900 0.91186 1.289 0.653 8.051 26.41 13.2
20 0.031961 0.81181 1.022 0.518 10.15 33.30 16.7
21 0.028500 0.72390 0.812 0.412 12.80 41.99 21.0
22 0.025300 0.64262 0.640 0.324 16.14 52.95 26.5
23 0.022600 0.57404 0.5108 0.259 20.36 66.80 33.4
24 0.020100 0.51054 0.4040 0.205 25.67 84.22 42.1
25 0.017900 0.45466 0.3204 0.162 32.37 106.2 53.1
26 0.015900 0.40386 0.2528 0.128 40.81 133.9 67.0
27 0.014200 0.36068 0.2016 0.102 51.47 168.9 84.4
28 0.012600 0.32004 0.1588 0.080 64.90 212.9 106.0
29 0.011300 0.28702 0.1277 0.065 81.84 268.5 134.0
30 0.010000 0.25400 0.10000 0.051 103.20 338.6 169.0
31 0.008930 0.22682 0.07974 0.0404 130.10 426.8 213.0
32 0.007950 0.20193 0.06320 0.0320 164.10 538.4 269.0
33 0.007100 0.18034 0.05041 0.0255 206.90 678.8 339.0
34 0.006300 0.16002 0.03969 0.0201 260.90 856.0 428.0
35 0.005600 0.14224 0.03136 0.0159 329.00 1079 540.0
36 0.005000 0.12700 0.02500 0.0127 414.80 1361 681.0
37 0.004500 0.11430 0.02025 0.0103 523.10 1716 858.0
38 0.004000 0.10160 0.01600 0.0081 659.60 2164 1080.0
39 0.003500 0.08890 0.01225 0.0062 831.80 2729 1360.0
40 0.003140 0.07976 0.00986 0.0050 1049.0 3442 1720.0
41 0.002800 0.07112 0.00784 0.00397 1288.0 4226
42 0.002494 0.06335 0.00622 0.00315 1585.1 5201
43 0.002221 0.05641 0.00493 0.00250 2070.4 6793
44 0.001978 0.05024 0.00391 0.00198 2496.2 8190
45 0.001761 0.04473 0.003101 0.00157 3206.2 10519
46 0.001568 0.03983 0.002459 0.00125 4057.9 13313
47 0.001397 0.03548 0.001952 0.00099 5009.8 16436
48 0.001244 0.03160 0.001548 0.00078 6756.1 22166
49 0.001107 0.02812 0.001225 0.00062 8281.4 27170
50 0.000986 0.02504 0.000972 0.00049 10388.2 34082
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Aluminum resistance Maximum amps for Turns of wire

power
ohms per chassis
trans- per inch per cm
km wires
mission
0.264 380 302 2.17 0.856
0.331 328 239 2.44 0.961
0.420 283 190 2.74 1.08
0.528 245 150 3.08 1.21
0.67 211 119 3.46 1.36
0.84 181 94 3.88 1.53
1.06 158 75 4.36 1.72
1.34 135 60 4.89 1.93
1.69 118 47 5.5 2.16
2.13 101 37 6.17 2.43
2.68 89 30 6.93 2.73
3.38 73 24 7.78 3.06
4.27 64 19 8.74 3.44
5.38 55 15 9.81 3.86
6.79 47 12 11 4.34
8.56 41 9.3 12.4 4.87
10.79 35 7.4 13.9 5.47
13.58 32 5.9 15.6 6.14
17.13 28 4.7 17.5 6.9
21.62 22 3.7 19.7 7.75
27.26 19 2.9 22.1 8.7
34.45 16 2.3 24.8 9.77
43.31 14 1.8 27.9 11
54.79 11 1.5 31.3 12.3
68.90 9 1.2 35.1 13.8
86.94 7 0.92 39.5 15.5
109.58 4.7 0.729 44.3 17.4
138.12 3.5 0.577 49.7 19.6
174.2 2.7 0.457 55.9 22
219.8 2.2 0.361 62.7 24.7
276.9 1.7 0.288 70.4 27.7
347.8 1.4 0.226 79.1 31.1
439.6 1.2 0.182 88.8 35
554.5 0.86 0.142 99.7 39.3
698.8 0.7 0.113 112 44.1
882.5 0.53 0.091 126 49.5
1112.2 0.43 0.072 159 62.4
1404.2 0.33 0.056 200 78.7
1772 0.27 0.044 252 99.3
2234 0.21 0.035 318 125
2815 0.17 0.0289
3543 0.13 0.0228
4462 0.11 0.0175
5643 0.09 0.0137
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Note: The information within this table is conservative and is based on tertiary sources, original research, particular assumptio
Additionally, minor variations between data sources exist. This table should only be used as a general reference. No one is r
information found in this table. Use thereof is the sole responsibility of the user. Use at your own risk.

Circuit amps (A) Circuit watts (W) Length (feet)

@6V @12V @6V @12V 3 5 7 10

≤2.5 ≤5 ≤15 ≤30 22 22 22 18

3 6 18 36 22 22 18 18
3.5 7 21 42 22 18 18 18
4 8 24 48 22 18 18 18
5 10 30 60 18 18 18 18
5.5 11 33 66 18 18 18 18
6 12 36 72 18 18 18 18
7.5 15 45 90 18 18 18 18
9 18 54 108 18 18 16 16
10 20 60 120 18 18 16 16
11 22 66 132 18 18 16 16
12 24 72 144 18 18 16 16
15 30 90 180 18 16 16 14
17.5 38 105 228 18 16 14 12
20 40 120 240 18 16 14 12
25 50 150 300 16 14 12 12
50 100 300 600 12 12 10 10
75 150 450 900 10 10 8 8
100 200 600 1200 10 8 8 6
Gage selection (AWG)
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al research, particular assumptions and calculations.

a general reference. No one is responsible for incorrect
own risk.

Length (feet)

15 20 25

18 18 18
18 18 16
18 18 16
18 16 16
16 16 16
16 16 14
Gage selection (AWG)

16 16 14
14 14 12
14 14 12
14 12 10
12 12 10
12 12 10
10 10 10
10 10 8
10 10 8
10 10 8
6 6 4
4 4 2
4 4 2
Gage selection (AWG)