AWG - American Wire Gauge vs. Circular Mils

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Circular Mils
AWG - American Wire Gauge vs. Circular Mils

AWG vs. diameter mil, circular mil, diameter in mm and area in mm2.
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American Wire Gauge (AWG) is a U.S. standard for wire conductor size. The "gauge" is related to
the diameter of the wire.
The AWG standard includes copper, aluminum and other wire materials. Typical household copper
wiring is AWG number 12 or 14. Telephone wire is usually 22, 24, or 26. The higher the gauge
number, the smaller the diameter and the thinner the wire.
The Circular Mil - CM - is a unit of area used especially to denote cross-sectional size of a wire
or cable.
Area
American Wire Diameter
(circular mils )
Area
Diameter
Gauge
(mils )
(CM)
(mm2) (mm)
(AWG) (10-3 in)
(mil2)
0000 (4/0) 460 211592 107 11.7
000 (3/0) 410 167800 85.0 10.4
00 (2/0) 365 133072 67.4 9.27
0 (1/0) 325 105531 53.5 8.25
1 289 83690 42.4 7.35
2 258 66369 33.6 6.54
3 229 52633 26.7 5.83
4 204 41740 21.2 5.19
5 182 33101 16.8 4.62
6 162 26251 13.3 4.12
7 144 20818 10.5 3.67
8 128 16509 8.37 3.26
9 114 13092 6.63 2.91
10 102 10383 5.26 2.59
11 90.7 8234 4.17 2.31
12 80.8 6530 3.31 2.05
13 72.0 5178 2.62 1.83
14 64.1 4107 2.08 1.63
15 57.1 3257 1.65 1.45
16 50.8 2583 1.31 1.29
17 45.3 2048 1.04 1.15
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Area
American Wire Diameter
(circular mils )
Area
Diameter
Gauge
(mils )
(CM)
(mm2) (mm)
(AWG) (10-3 in)
(mil2)
18 40.3 1624 0.823 1.02
20 32.0 1022 0.518 0.812
21 28.5 810 0.410 0.723
22 25.3 642 0.326 0.644
23 22.6 510 0.258 0.573
24 20.1 404 0.205 0.511
25 17.9 320 0.162 0.455
Download and print AWG - Circular mils and mm2 chart
AWG to Inches
Diameter in inches can be calculated from AWG as
din = 0.005 92(36 - n)/39 (1)
where
din = diameter (inches)
n = gauge
AWG to mm
Diameter in mm can be calculated from AWG as
dmm = 0.127 92(36 - n)/39 (1b)
where
dmm = diameter (mm)
n = gauge
AWG to Inches and mm Calculator

10 # gauge
Calculate!
Diameter (inches): 0.102

Diameter (mm): 2.59
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AWG - American Wire Gauge vs. Circular Mils

Download and print AWG - Circular mils and mm2 chart

din = 0.005 92(36 - n)/39 (1)

din = diameter (inches)

dmm = 0.127 92(36 - n)/39 (1b)

dmm = diameter (mm)

AWG to Inches and mm Calculator

Diameter (inches): 0.102

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