Appendix F
AWG Versus Metric System: Wire Cross Sections

Metric system (mm2) Diameter (inches) Diameter (mm) Cross section (mm2)
0000 (4/0) 0.460 11.7 107
000 (3/0) 0.410 10.4 85.0
00 (2/0) 0.365 9.27 67.4
0 (1/0) 0.325 8.25 53.5
1 0.289 7.35 42.4
2 0.258 6.54 33.6
3 0.229 5.83 26.7
4 0.204 5.19 21.1
5 0.182 4.62 16.8
6 0.162 4.11 13.3
7 0.144 3.67 10.6
8 0.129 3.26 8.36
9 0.114 2.91 6.63
10 0.102 2.59 5.26
11 0.0907 2.30 4.17
12 0.0808 2.05 3.31
13 0.0720 1.83 2.63
14 0.0641 1.63 2.08
15 0.0571 1.45 1.65
16 0.0508 1.29 1.31
17 0.0453 1.15 1.04
18 0.0403 1.02 0.82
19 0.0359 0.91 0.65
20 0.0320 0.81 0.52
21 0.0285 0.72 0.41
22 0.0254 0.65 0.33
23 0.0226 0.57 0.26
24 0.0201 0.51 0.20
25 0.0179 0.45 0.16
26 0.0159 0.40 0.13

X/0 is used in the American Wire Gauge (AWG) system for wires with diameters greater than 1. The number X represents the number of zeros and pronounced like “aught.” 3/0, for example, pronounced “three aught” means “three zeros,” or AWG 000.

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