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Subject: Re: AWG with current ratings
 
Here is a chart I copied out of an _old_ electronics dictionary:
 
AWG    Diameter    Ampacity    Ohms/1000'  Ohms/Km 
--------------------------------------------------
0000   .460        312.           0.04906 
000    .40964      262.           0.06186 
00     .3648       220.           0.07801 
0      .32486      185.           0.09831 
1      .2893       156.           0.12404 
2      .25763      131.           0.1563 
3      .22942      110.           0.19723 
4      .20431       92.3          0.24869 
5      .18194       77.6          0.31361 
6      .16202       65.2          0.39546 
7      .14428       54.8          0.49871 
8      .12849       46.1          0.6529 
9      .11443       38.7          0.7892 
10     .10189       32.5          0.8441 
11     .090742      27.3          1.254 
12     .080808      23.0          1.580 
13     .071961      19.3          1.995 
14     .064084      16.2          2.504 
15     .057068      13.6          3.172 
16     .05082       11.5          4.001 
17     .045257       9.6          5.04 
18     .040303       8.1          6.36 
19     .03589                     8.25 
20     .031961                   10.12 
21     .028462                   12.76 
22     .025347                   16.25 
23     .022571                   20.30 
24     .0201                     25.60 
25     .0179                     32.2 
26     .01594                    40.7 
27     .014195                   51.3 
28     .012641                   64.8 
29     .011257                   81.6 
30     .010025                  103. 
31     .008928                  130. 
32     .00795                   164. 
33     .00708                   206. 
34     .006304                  260. 
35     .005614                  328. 
36     .005                     414. 
37     .004453                  523. 
38     .003965                  660. 
39     .003531                  832. 
40     .003144                 1049.

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