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Electrical Wire Information
Electrical Wire Information
Insulation:
Applications:
T - Thermoplastic
insulation T-
H - Heat H - High Heat W - Water,
Thermoplas N - Nylon
resistant (up to resistant (up gas and oil
tic coating
75°C) to 90°C) resistant
insulation
THHN wire is the most common type of single conductor electrical wire used in the
industry. You could possibly buy THHN, THWN, THW, THHW or THWN-2. Years ago
each type was made for each specific installation, but nowadays the standard way to
manufacture and purchase it is to buy the multi-rated THHN/THWN-2 version as
a universal building wire.
THHN 250 MCM 250 MCM 215 AMPS 255 AMPS 290 AMPS .694" 851 lbs
THHN 350 MCM 350 MCM 260 AMPS 310 AMPS 350 AMPS .797" 1174 lbs
THHN 500 MCM 500 MCM 320 AMPS 380 AMPS 430 AMPS .926" 1655 lbs
THHN 600 MCM 600 MCM 350 AMPS 420 AMPS 475 AMPS 1.024" 1987 lbs
Insulation:
Applications:
Insulation:
Applications:
Solar applications
Single conductor underground applications
Applications that require a tough insulation for crush resistance
AWG Weight /
Part Number Stranding AMPS
Size 1000'
USE-2 250
250 MCM 37 Strands 215 AMPS 863 LBS
MCM
USE-2 350 1,191
350 MCM 37 Strands 260 AMPS
MCM LBS
USE-2 500 1,674
500 MCM 37 Strands 320 AMPS
MCM LBS
USE-2 750 2,495
750 MCM 61 Strands 400 AMPS
MCM LBS
USE-2 1000 1000 3,290
61 Strands 455 AMPS
MCM MCM LBS
Copper Wire Calculator
Standard Wire Metric Units English Units Litz Wire
Gauge : 16 AWG 1 AWG Individual conductors : 36 AWG
Wire diameter = 1.290934 mm 0.289301 in Number of conductors : 1670
conductor x-section = 1.3089 mm2 0.065734 in2 Aggregate gauge = 4.00 AWG
Length : 2m 2 ft
DCRsingle = 0.0267 ohms 0.0003 ohms dia. of indiv. cond. 0.127 mm
Nom. speaker load : 8 ohms 8 ohms total area of cond. 21.161 mm2
Loss = -0.03 dB 0.00 dB equiv diameter 5.1906 mm
NOTE: When determining losses associated with speaker wires, double the "Length" to
account for + and - conductors.
Standard Wire" and "Litz Wire" tables are independent; they do no cross reference
one another.
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Copper Wire Calculator
Standard Wire Metric Units English Units Litz Wire
Wire diameter : 1.6278 mm 0.064088 in Individual conductors : 36 AWG
Gauge = 14.00 AWG 14.00 AWG Number of conductors : 1670
cross section = 2.0811 mm2 0.00323 in2 Aggregate gauge = 4.00 AWG
Length : 3.048 m 10 ft
DCRsingle conductor = 0.0256 ohms 0.0256 ohms dia. of indiv. cond. 0.127 mm
Nom. speaker load : 8 ohms 8 ohms total area of cond. 21.161 mm2
Loss = -0.03 dB -0.03 dB equiv diameter 5.1906 mm
NOTE: When determining losses associated with speaker wires, double the "Length" to
account for + and - conductors.
Standard Wire" and "Litz Wire" tables are independent; they do no cross
reference one another.
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