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AWG B&S Gauge

Diameter (mils)

Cross-sectional Area (Circular Mils*)

Weight per 1000 ft. (lbs)

Resistance per 1000 ft. (ohms)

0000

460

212000

640

0.049

000

410

168000

509

0.062

00

365

133000

403

0.079

0

324

106000

318

0.099

1

289

83700

2563

0.124

2

257

66400

200

0.157

3

229

52600

159

0.198

4

204

41700

126

0.249

5

182

33100

100

0.313

6

162

26300

79.4

0.395

7

144

20800

62.8

0.500

8

128

16500

49.6

0.633

9

114

13100

39.3

0.798

10

102

10380

31.5

0.997

11

90.7

8230

24.9

1.26

12

80.8

6530

19.8

1.59

13

72.1

5180

15.7

1.99

14

64.1

4110

12.4

2.52

15

57.1

3260

9.87

3.18

16

50.8

2580

7.81

4.02

17

45.3

2050

6.21

5.05

18

40.3

1620

4.92

6.39

19

35.9

1290

3.90

8.05

20

31.2

1020

2.95

10.7

21

28.5

812

2.46

12.8

22

25.4

640

1.95

16.1

23

22.6

511

1.55

20.3

24

20.1

404

1.22

25.7

25

17.9

320

0.970

32.4

26

15.9

253

0.765

41.0

27

14.2

202

0.610

51.4

28

12.6

159

0.480

65.3

29

11.3

128

0.386

81.2

30

10.0

100.0

0.303

104

31

8.93

79.2

0.241

130

32

8.0

64.0

0.191

164

33

7.1

50.4

0.152

207

34

6.3

39.7

0.120

261

35

5.6

31.4

0.095

329

36

5.0

25.0

0.076

415

37

4.5

20.2

0.060

523

38

4.0

16.0

0.0476

660

39

3.5

12.2

0.0377

832

40

3.1

9.61

0.0299

1050

41

2.8

7.84

0.0237

1320

42

2.5

6.25

0.0188

1670

43

2.2

4.84

0.0149

2100

44

2.0

4.00

0.0118

2650

45

1.76

3.10

0.00981

3200

46

1.57

2.46

0.00775

4050

47

1.40

1.96

0.00593

5290

48

1.24

1.54

0.00436

7200

49

1.11

1.23

0.00366

8570

50

0.99

0.980

0.00303

10400

51

0.88

0.774

0.00234

13400

52

0.78

0.603

0.00184

17000

53

0.70

0.490

0.00148

21200

54

0.62

0.384

0.00116

26900

55

0.55

0.302

0.000916

34300

56

0.49

0.240

0.000727

43200

 
 *A circular mil is a term used to define conductor cross sectional areas using an arithmetic short-cut in which the area of a round wire is taken as "diameter in mils (0.001") squared". As a result, one circular mil is equal to p /4 square mils.
 


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