AWG/Metric Conversion

American Wire Gauge to Metric Conversion – Listed below are some of the most popular stranding, however, many other combinations exist. Resistance figures are approximate and are given for guidance only.

AWG	Cross section mm2	Stranding	Resistance Ohm/km
38	0.008	1 x 0.10	2,125
38	0.009	7 x 0.04	1,930
36	0.013	1 x 0.12	1,360
36	0.014	7 x 0.05	1,217
34	0.020	1 x 0.16	856
34	0.022	7 x 0.06	777
32	0.032	1 x 0.20	538
32	0.034	7 x 0.08	538
32	0.035	19 x 0.05	446
30	0.051	1 x 0.25	338
30	0.057	7 x 0.10	338
30	0.059	19 x 0.06	286
28	0.080	1 x 0.32	213
28	0.089	7 x 0.12	213
28	0.090	19 x 0.08	186
26	0.128	1 x 0.40	134
26	0.141	7 x 0.16	122
26	0.155	19 x 0.10	113
24	0.205	1 x 0.51	84
24	0.227	7 x 0.20	76
24	0.241	19 x 0.12	69
22	0.324	1 x 0.64	53
22	0.355	1 x 0.25	48
22	0.382	19 x 0.16	45
20	0.519	1 x 0.81	33
20	0.563	7 x 0.32	30.4
20	0.616	19 x 0.20	28.3
18	0.785	16 x 0.25	21.2
18	0.823	1 x 1.02	20.9
18	0.90	7 x 0.40	19.2
18	0.96	19 x 0.25	17.9
16	1.30	1 x 1.29	13.2
16	1.23	19 x 0.28	14.0
14	2.08	1 x 1.62	8.28
14	1.94	19 x 0.36	8.86
12	3.31	1 x 2.05	5.20
12	3.08	19 x 0.45	5.58
10	5.26	1 x 2.58	3.28
10	5.26	19 x 0.6	3.28
8	8.38	1 x 3.26	2.06
8	8.35	19 x 0.75	2.06
6	13.29	1 x 4.11	1.59
6	13.29	19 x 0.96	1.59
4	21.15	1 x 5.18	0.815
4	21.14	19 x 1.19	0.815
2	33.63	1 x 6.54	0.513
2	33.61	19 x 1.50	0.513
1	42.41	1 x 7.34	0.424
1	42.38	19 x 1.68	0.424
1/0	53.4	19 x 1.89	0.253
2/0	67.4	19 x 2.17	0.291
4/0	107	19 x 2.68	0.182
250MCM	127	37 x 2.09	0.139
300MCM	152	37 x 2.29	0.119
350MCM	177	37 x 2.47	0.102
400MCM	202	37 x 2.64	0.091
500MCM	253	37 x 2.95	0.072

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