AWG Wire Gauges Current Ratings

Diameter Diameter Square Resistance Resistance Typical Max. Current Load Ratings - Copper (amps)1)
(mm) (in) (mm ) 2
Copper Aluminum Multicore
AWG Single
Core up to 3 7 - 24 25 - 42 43 and
(ohm/1000m) (ohm/1000m) 4 - 6 cores
cores cores cores above
40 0.08 . 0.005 3448 5300
39 0.09 . 0.0064 2693 4141
38 0.1 0.004 0.0078 2210 3397
37 0.11 0.0045 0.0095 1810 2789
36 0.13 0.005 0.013 1326 2038
35 0.14 0.0056 0.015 1120 1767
34 0.16 0.0063 0.02 862 1325
33 0.18 0.0071 0.026 663 1019
32 0.2 0.008 0.031 556 855
30 0.25 0.01 0.049 352 541
28 0.33 0.013 0.08 216 331
27 0.36 0.014 0.096 180 276
26 0.41 0.016 0.13 133 204
25 0.45 0.018 0.16 108 166
24 0.51 0.02 0.2 88 133 3.5 2 1.6 1.4 1.2 1
22 0.64 0.025 0.33 52 80 5 3 2.4 2.1 1.8 1.5
20 0.81 0.032 0.5 34 53 6 5 4 3.5 3 2.5
18 1 0.04 0.82 21 32 9.5 7 5.6 4.9 4.2 3.5
16 1.3 0.051 1.3 13 20 15 10 8 7 6 5
14 1.6 0.064 2.1 8.2 13 24 15 12 10 9 7.5
13 1.8 0.072 2.6 6.6 10
12 2.1 0.081 3.3 5.2 8 34 20 16 14 12 10
10 2.6 0.1 5.3 3.3 5 52 30 24 21 18 15
8 3.3 0.13 8.3 2.1 3.2 75 40 32 28 24 20
6 4.1 0.17 13.3 1.3 2 95 55 44 38 33 27
4 5.2 0.2 21.2 0.81 1.3 120 70 56 49 42 35
3 26.7 0.65 0.99 154 80 64 56 48 40
2 6.5 0.26 33.6 0.51 0.79 170 95 76 66 57 57
1 7.4 0.29 42.4 0.41 0.63 180 110 88 77 66 55
0 (1/0) 8.3 0.33 53.5 0.32 0.5 200
00 (2/0) 9.3 0.37 67.4 0.26 0.39 225
000 (3/0) 10.4 0.41 85 0.2 0.32 275
0000 (4/0) 11.7 0.46 107 0.16 0.25 325
250 127 345
300 152 390
400 178 415