WIRE AMPACITY AND OCPD RATINGS

CONDUCTOR SIZE ALLOWABLE AMPACITY Cu Max. no. of Conductors in Conduit or Tube

AWG mm2 TW THW THHN 15 20 25 32 40 50 65 80 90 100
14 2.0(1.5) 20 20 25 9 15 25 44 60 99 142
12 3.5(2.0) 25 25 30 7 12 19 35 47 78 111 171
10 5.5(2.6) 30 35 40 5 9 15 26 36 60 85 131 176
8 8.0(3.2) 40 50 50 2 4 7 12 17 28 40 62 84 106
6 14 55 65 70 1 2 4 7 10 16 23 36 48 62
4 22 70 85 90 1 1 3 5 7 12 17 27 36 47
2 30 90 110 115 1 1 2 4 5 9 13 20 27 34
1 38 100 125 130 1 1 3 4 6 9 14 19 25
1/0 50 120 145 150 1 1 3 3 5 8 12 16 21
2/0 60 135 160 170 1 1 2 3 5 7 10 14 16
3/0 80 160 195 205 1 1 1 2 4 6 9 12 15
4/0 100 185 220 225 1 1 1 3 5 7 10 13
250 125 210 255 265 1 1 1 2 4 6 8 10
300 150 240 280 295 1 1 1 2 4 5 7 9
400 200 280 330 355 1 1 1 2 4 5 7
500 250 315 375 400 1 1 1 1 3 4 6

1ø MOTORS 230V STANDARD CB's LUGS

HP VA FLA CB WIRE+G 100 225 400 600 700800 1000 2000 100 500 2500
1/6 506 2.2 15 3.5+3.5 15 125 250 500 700 900 1200 100 500 2500
3/8 667 2.9 15 3.5+3.5 20 150 300 600 800 1000 1400 225 1000 3000
1/4 828 3.6 15 3.5+3.5 30 175 350 1600 400 1200 4000
1/2 1127 4.9 15 3.5+3.5 40 200 400 1800 600 1600 5000
3/4 1587 6.9 20 3.5+3.5 50 225 2000 2000 6000
1 1840 8 20 3.5+3.5 60
1 1/2 2300 10 30 3.5+3.5 70
2 2760 12 30 3.5+3.5 90
3 3910 17 50 3.5+3.5 100
5 6440 28 70 5.5+5.5
7 1/2 9200 40 100 8.0+5.5 No. of Current Carrying Conductor 4-6 7-9 10-20 21-30 31-40 41-up
10 11550 50 125 14+5.5 Deration Factors 80 70 50 45 40 35

3ø MOTORS 230V 460V

HP VA FLA CB WIRE+G FLA CB WIRE+G
1 1674 4.2 15 3.5+3.5 2.1 15 3.5+3.5
1 1/2 2390 6 15 3.5+3.5 3 15 3.5+3.5
2 2709 6.8 20 3.5+3.5 3.4 15 3.5+3.5
3 3825 9.6 30 3.5+3.5 4.8 15 3.5+3.5
5 6055 15.2 40 3.5+3.5 7.6 20 3.5+3.5
7 1/2 8764 22 60 3.5+3.5 11 30 3.5+3.5
10 11154 28 70 5.5+5.5 14 35 3.5+3.5
15 16732 42 100 8.0+5.5 21 50 5.5+5.5
20 21512 54 125 14+8.0 27 70 5.5+5.5
25 27089 68 150 22+8.0 34 90 8.0+5.5
30 31670 80 175 30+8.0 40 100 8.0+5.5
40 41431 104 200 50+14 52 125 14+8.0
50 51789 130 250 60+14 65 150 22+8.0
60 61349 154 300 80+14 77 150 30+8.0
75 76488 192 400 125+22 96 200 38+14
100 98796 248 500 200+30 124 250 60+14

GROUND CONDUCTORS
OCPD 20 30 40 60 100 200 300 400 500 600 800 1000 1200 1600 2000 2500 3000 4000
SIZE 3.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 8 14 22 30 30 38 50 60 80 100 125 200 200 250
 CONVERSION TABLES
MULTIPLY BY TO GET MULTIPLY BY TO GET
mm 0.0390 in in 25.64103 mm
mm 3.2810 ft ft 0.30479 mm
mm 1.0940 yd yd 0.91408 mm
km 0.6210 mile mile 1.61031 km
m3/s 1000.0000 l/s l/s 0.00100 m3/s
m3/s 2118.9000 cfm cfm 0.00047 m3/s
m3/h 0.5890 cfm cfm 1.69779 m3/h
l/s 2.1190 cfm cfm 0.47192 l/s
gpm US 0.0001 m3/s m3/s 10000.00000 gpm US
gpm US 0.2270 m3/h m3/h 4.40529 gpm US
gpm US 0.0630 l/s l/s 15.87302 gpm US
US gal 3.7850 liter liter 0.26420 US gal
UK gal 4.5420 liter liter 0.22017 UK gal
ft3 28.3290 liter liter 0.03530 ft3
m3 35.3100 ft3 ft3 0.02832 m3
Quart US 6.9460 liter liter 0.14397 Quart US
pint US 473.0000 milliliter milliliter 0.00211 pint US
Oz US 29.6000 milliliter milliliter 0.03378 Oz US
m/s 196.8000 ft/m ft/m 0.00508 m/s
m/s 3.2800 f/s f/s 0.30488 m/s
k/h 0.6210 mile/h mile/h 1.61031 k/h
kg 2.2050 lbs lbs 0.45351 kg
gr 15.4300 grain grain 0.06481 gr
gr 0.0350 oz.Av oz.Av 28.57143 gr
Pa 1.0000 N/m2 N/m2 1.00000 Pa
Pa 0.0001 psi psi 10000.00000 Pa
Pa 0.0003 in. Hg in. Hg 3333.33333 Pa
Pa 0.0040 in. Wg in. Wg 250.00000 Pa
Pa 0.1020 mm.Wg mm.Wg 9.80392 Pa
Pa 0.00001 atm atm 100000.00000 Pa
Pa 0.02100 lb/ft2 lb/ft2 47.61905 Pa
Pa 0.00001 kg/cm2 kg/cm2 100000.00000 Pa
psi 0.0630 atm atm 15.87302 psi
psi 2.0360 in. Hg in. Hg 0.49116 psi
psi 0.0700 kg/cm2 kg/cm2 14.28571 psi
bar 100.0000 kPa kPa 0.01000 bar
bar 14.510 psi psi 0.06892 bar
bar 1.020 kg/cm2 kg/cm2 0.98039 bar
bar 0.987 atm atm 1.01317 bar
lb.ft 1.356 N.m N.m 0.73746 lb.ft
 lb/ft 14.590 N/m N/m 0.06854 lb/ft
lb/ft 1.490 kg/m kg/m 0.67114 lb/ft
lb/ft3 16.030 kg/m3 kg/m3 0.06238 lb/ft3
kgf 9.804 N N 0.10200 kgf
lb.f 4.448 N N 0.22482 lb.f
ozf 0.278 N N 3.59712 ozf
J 0.102 kg kg 9.80392 J
J 0.239 cal cal 4.18410 J
J 0.001 Btu Btu 1000.00000 J
J 0.738 ft.lb ft.lb 1.35501 J
W 3.412 Btu Btu 0.29308 W
W 44.250 ft.lb/min ft.lb/min 0.02260 W
W 2655.200 ft.lb/h ft.lb/h 0.00038 W
W 1.000 J/s J/s 1.00000 W
kcal/h 3.9680 Btu/h Btu/h 0.25202 kcal/h
kcal/h 0.0003 Ref. ton Ref. ton 3333.33333 kcal/h
kcal/h 1.1630 W W 0.85985 kcal/h
kcal/kg 4.1870 kJ/kg kJ/kg 0.23883 kcal/kg
Btu/h 0.00029 kw kw 3448.27586 Btu/h
Btu/h 0.00008 Ref. ton Ref. ton 12500.00000 Btu/h
ref. Ton 3.5210 kw kw 0.28401 ref. Ton
kw 1.3590 HP Metric HP Metric 0.73584 kw
kw 1.3410 HP UK HP UK 0.74571 kw
kwh 3600000 J J 0.00000 kwh
kwh 3.6000 MJ MJ 0.27778 kwh
ft.lb/lb 2.9900 J/kg J/kg 0.33445 ft.lb/lb
w/ft2 10.8000 W/m2 W/m2 0.09259 w/ft2
Btu/lb 2.3260 kJ/kg kJ/kg 0.42992 Btu/lb
Btu/ft2 11.3600 kJ/m2 kJ/m2 0.08803 Btu/ft2
grain/lb 0.1430 g/kg g/kg 6.99301 grain/lb
Btu/h.ft2 3.1550 W/m2 W/m2 0.31696 Btu/h.ft2
Btu in/h.ft2. F 0.1442 W/(m.K) W/(m.K) 6.93481 Btu in/h.ft2. F
Btu ft/h.ft2. F 1.7310 W/(m.K) W/(m.K) 0.57770 Btu ft/h.ft2. F
ft2.h. F/Btu 176.1000 m2. C/kw m2. C/kw 0.00568 ft2.h. F/Btu