Temperature Rise v Current Guide

For Type 44A small gauge wire in free air (single core)

Conductor size (AWG) 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14

100

90
Temperature rise above ambient (°C)

80 No of Derating
cores Factor

70 2 0.825
3 0.73
4 0.66
60
7 0.54
9 0.49
50 12 0.43
15 0.39
18 0.36
40
21 0.33
24 0.31
30 27 0.29
30 0.28
37 0.26
20

10

30

50

60
10

20

40
3

7
8
1

Continuous Current (Amperes)

For ambients other than 20°C divide the current by: (234.5 +ambient)/254.5
For equally loaded multicores, multiply current by multicore derating factor.