Noticed that in some projects a wire has an AWG number ?
For example = ‘the loop is made of #17 stranded wire…’
AWG is short for American Wire Gauge and is a standard for the wire diameter. It is not in use here in Europe, we use a metric standard.
But to help you out I compiled the following table. The second and third column are the cross section diameters.
AWG |
mm² |
mm² (nearest standard) |
30 |
0.05 |
|
29 |
0.064 |
|
28 |
0.08 |
0.1 |
27 |
0.102 |
|
26 |
0.128 |
|
25 |
0.163 |
|
24 |
0.205 |
0.25 |
23 |
0.259 |
|
22 |
0.325 |
|
21 |
0.412 |
0.5 |
20 |
0.519 |
|
19 |
0.653 |
|
18 |
0.823 |
0.75 |
17 |
1.04 |
1 |
16 |
1.31 |
1.5 |
15 |
1.65 |
|
14 |
2.08 |
|
13 |
2.62 |
2.5 |
12 |
3.31 |
4 |
11 |
4.17 |
|
10 |
5.26 |
6 |
9 |
6.63 |
|
8 |
8.37 |
10 |
7 |
10.50 |
|
6 |
13.30 |
16 |
5 |
16.80 |
|
4 |
21.20 |
25 |
3 |
26.70 |
|
2 |
33.60 |
35 |
1 |
42.40 |
|