Breaking Force for Cu Wire

This estimate is based on nick-free soft annealed wire having a tensile strength of 37000 pounds per square inc

Conductor
AWG gauge

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0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29

Conductor
Diameter
Inches Diameter
mm
0.46
0.4096
0.3648
0.3249
0.2893
0.2576
0.2294
0.2043
0.1819
0.162
0.1443
0.1285
0.1144
0.1019
0.0907
0.0808
0.072
0.0641
0.0571
0.0508
0.0453
0.0403
0.0359
0.032
0.0285
0.0254
0.0226
0.0201
0.0179
0.0159
0.0142
0.0126
0.0113

11,684
1,040,384
926,592
825,246
734,822
654,304
582,676
518,922
462,026
41,148
366,522
32,639
290,576
258,826
230,378
205,232
18,288
162,814
145,034
129,032
115,062
102,362
0.91186
0.8128
0.7239
0.64516
0.57404
0.51054
0.45466
0.40386
0.36068
0.32004
0.28702

Ohms per
1000 ft.

0.049
0.0618
0.0779
0.0983
0.1239
0.1563
0.197
0.2485
0.3133
0.3951
0.4982
0.6282
0.7921
0.9989
1.26
1,588
2,003
2,525
3,184
4,016
5,064
6,385
8,051
10.15
12.8
16.14
20.36
25.67
32.37
40.81
51.47
64.9
81.83

Maximum
amps for
Ohms per km
chassis
wiring

0.16072
0.202704
0.255512
0.322424
0.406392
0.512664
0.64616
0.81508
1,027,624
1,295,928
1,634,096
2,060,496
2,598,088
3,276,392
41,328
520,864
656,984
8,282
1,044,352
1,317,248
1,660,992
209,428
2,640,728
33,292
41,984
529,392
667,808
841,976
1,061,736
1,338,568
1,688,216
212,872
2,684,024

380
328
283
245
211
181
158
135
118
101
89
73
64
55
47
41
35
32
28
22
19
16
14
11
9
7
4.7
3.5
2.7
2.2
1.7
1.4
1.2

Maximum
amps for

power
transmission
302
239
190
150
119
94
75
60
47
37
30
24
19
15
12
9.3
7.4
5.9
4.7
3.7
2.9
2.3
1.8
1.5
1.2
0.92
0.729
0.577
0.457
0.361
0.288
0.226
0.182

30 0.01
31 0.0089
32 0.008
Metric 2.0
0.00787
33 0.0071
Metric 1.8
0.00709
34 0.0063
Metric 1.6
0.0063
35 0.0056
Metric 1.4
.00551
36 0.005
Metric 1.25 .00492
37 0.0045
Metric 1.12 .00441
38 0.004
Metric 1
.00394
39 0.0035
40 0.0031

0.254
0.22606
0.2032
0.200
0.18034
0.180
0.16002
0.16002
0.14224
.140
0.127
0.125
0.1143
0.112
0.1016
0.1000
0.0889
0.07874

103.2
130.1
164.1
169.39
206.9
207.5
260.9
260.9

414.8
428.2
523.1
533.8
659.6
670.2
831.8

338,496
426,728
538,248
555.61
678,632
680.55
855,752
855,752
329 1079.12
339
1114
1360
1404
1715
1750
2163
2198
2728
1049
3440

0.86
0.7
0.53
0.51
0.43
0.43
0.33
0.33
0.27
0.26
0.21
0.20
0.17
0.163
0.13
0.126
0.11
0.09

0.142
0.113
0.091
0.088
0.072
0.072
0.056
0.056
0.044
0.043
0.035
0.034
0.0289
0.0277
0.0228
0.0225
0.0175
0.0137

0 pounds per square inch.

Maximum
frequency for
100% skin
depth for
solid
conductor
copper
125 Hz
160 Hz
200 Hz
250 Hz
325 Hz
410 Hz
500 Hz
650 Hz
810 Hz
1100 Hz
1300 Hz
1650 Hz
2050 Hz
2600 Hz
3200 Hz
4150 Hz
5300 Hz
6700 Hz
8250 Hz
11 k Hz
13 k Hz
17 kHz
21 kHz
27 kHz
33 kHz
42 kHz
53 kHz
68 kHz
85 kHz
107 kH
130 kHz
170 kHz
210 kHz

Breaking
force Soft
Annealed Cu
37000 PSI

6120 lbs
4860 lbs
3860 lbs
3060 lbs
2430 lbs
1930 lbs
1530 lbs
1210 lbs
960 lbs
760 lbs
605 lbs
480 lbs
380 lbs
314 lbs
249 lbs
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150 lbs
119 lbs
94 lbs
75 lbs
59 lbs
47 lbs
37 lbs
29 lbs
23 lbs
18 lbs
14.5 lbs
11.5 lbs
9 lbs
7.2 lbs
5.5 lbs
4.5 lbs
3.6 lbs

270 kHz
340 kHz
430 kHz
440 kHz
540 kHz
540 kHz
690 kHz
690 kHz
870 kHz
900 kHz
1100 kHz
1150 kHz
1350 kHz
1400 kHz
1750 kHz
1750 kHz
2250 kHz
2900 kHz

2.75 lbs
2.25 lbs
1.8 lbs
1.3 lbs
1.1 lbs
0.92 lbs
0.72 lbs
0.57 lbs
0.45 lbs
0.36 lbs
0.29 lbs