Wiring Information
AWG wire sizes and other useful information. Reference teflon (ETFE) wire
per MIL-W-22759/16 and solid wire per QQ-W-343, unless otherwise specified.
NOM MAX CIRC WT LBS/ OHMS/ TFE INSUL PVC INSUL*
AWG COND INSUL CONDU MIL 1000' 1000' (AMPS) (AMPS)
SIZE STRD DIA DIA AREA MAX MAX BDL | SGL BDL | SGL
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30 SOLID .010 101.00 .305
30** 7x38 .036 .012 112.00 .314
28 SOLID .0126 160.00 .484
28** 7x36 .039 .015 175.00 .784
26 SOLID .0159 254.00 .769
26** 19x38 .043 .020 304.00 .784
24 SOLID .0201 404.00 1.22
24 19x36 .045 .024 475.00 2.57 26.20 2.0 3.3
22 SOLID .0254 642.00 1.94
22 19x34 .052 .031 754.11 3.68 16.20 2.5 4.5 5.0 9.0
20 SOLID .032 1,022.00 3.09
20 19x32 .060 .039 1,216.00 5.36 9.88 3.7 6.5 7.5 11.0
18 SOLID .0403 1,624.00 4.92
18 19x30 .071 .049 1,900.00 7.89 6.23 5.0 9.2 10.0 16.0
16 SOLID .0508 2,583.00 7.82
16 19x29 .079 .055 2,426.30 9.95 4.81 6.5 13.0 13.0 22.0
14 SOLID .0641 4,107.00 12.40
14 19x27 .093 .069 3,830.40 14.90 3.06 8.5 19.0 17.0 32.0
12 SOLID .080 6,530.00 19.70
12 37x28 .114 .089 6,087.60 22.60 2.02 11.5 25.0 23.0 41.0
10 SOLID .102 10,380.00 31.40
10 37x26 .139 .112 9,353.00 35.10 1.26 16.5 33.0 33.0 55.0
8 SOLID .1285 16,510.00 50.00
8 133x29 .199 .169 16,984.10 63.50 .701 23.0 44.0 46.0 73.0
6 SOLID .162 26,250.00 79.40
6 133x27 .250 .212 26,812.80 99.90 .445 60.0 101.0
4 SOLID .204 41,240.00 143.00
4 133x25 .312 .268 42,613.00 157.00 .280 80.0 135.0
2 SOLID .258 66,370.00 200.00
2 665x30 .388 .340 66,500.00 245.00 .183 100.0 181.0
1 SOLID .381 82,517.00 263.00
1 817x30 .431 .380 81,700.00 314.00 .149
1/0 SOLID .3249 105,600.0 319.50
1/0 045x30 .479 .425 104,500.0 391.00 .116
2/0 SOLID .3648 133,100.0 402.80
2/0 330x30 .546 .475 133,000.0 504.00 .091
* BASED ON MIL-W-5088 RATINGS.
** REF EXTRUDED TEFLON WIRE (TFE) PER MIL-W-16878D, TYPE EE.