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			This table assumes wire of the same type - it should not be used to compare for example copper and aluminium of the same diameter.

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==Table of AWG wire sizes==

Adapted from wikipedia article[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge]

:{| style="font-size:97%; text-align:center; border = "1"
|-
!rowspan=2| AWG !!colspan="2"|Diameter !!colspan="2"|Turns of wire !!colspan="2"|Area !!colspan=2| Copper Resistance !!rowspan=2| NEC copper wire ampacity with 60/75/90°C insulation !!rowspan=2| Approximate stranded metric equivalents
|-
! (inch)!!(mm)!! (/inch) !! (/cm) !! (kcmil (Circular mil) !!(mm²)!!(ohm Ω/km) !! (Ω/kFT)
|-
|0000 (4/0) || 0.4600 || 11.684 || 2.17 || 0.856 || 212 || 107 || 0.1608 || 0.04901|| 195 / 230 / 260 ||
|-
| 000 (3/0) || 0.4096 || 10.404 || 2.44 || 0.961 || 168 || 85.0 || 0.2028 || 0.06180|| 165 / 200 / 225 ||
|-
| 00 (2/0) || 0.3648 || 9.266 || 2.74 || 1.08 || 133 || 67.4 || 0.2557 || 0.07793|| 145 / 175 / 195 ||
|-
| 0 (1/0) || 0.3249 || 8.252 || 3.08 || 1.21 || 106 || 53.5 || 0.3224 || 0.09827|| 125 / 150 / 170 ||
|-
| 1 || 0.2893 || 7.348 || 3.46 || 1.36 || 83.7 || 42.4 || 0.4066|| 0.1239 || 110 / 130 / 150 ||
|-
| 2 || 0.2576 || 6.544 || 3.88 || 1.53 || 66.4 || 33.6 || 0.5127|| 0.1563 || 95 / 115 / 130 ||
|-
| 3 || 0.2294 || 5.827 || 4.36 || 1.72 || 52.6 || 26.7 || 0.6465|| 0.1970 || 85 / 100 / 110 || 196/0.4
|-
| 4 || 0.2043 || 5.189 || 4.89 || 1.93 || 41.7 || 21.2 || 0.8152|| 0.2485 || 70 / 85 / 95 ||
|-
| 5 || 0.1819 || 4.621 || 5.50 || 2.16 || 33.1 || 16.8 || 1.028 || 0.3133 || || 126/0.4
|-
| 6 || 0.1620 || 4.115 || 6.17 || 2.43 || 26.3 || 13.3 || 1.296 || 0.3951 || 55 / 65 / 75 ||
|-
| 7 || 0.1443 || 3.665 || 6.93 || 2.73 || 20.8 || 10.5 || 1.634 || 0.4982 || || 80/0.4
|-
| 8 || 0.1285 || 3.264 || 7.78 || 3.06 || 16.5 || 8.37 || 2.061 || 0.6282 || 40 / 50 / 55 ||
|-
| 9 || 0.1144 || 2.906 || 8.74 || 3.44 || 13.1 || 6.63 || 2.599 || 0.7921 || ||rowspan=2| 84/0.3
|-
|10 || 0.1019 || 2.588 || 9.81 || 3.86 || 10.4 || 5.26 || 3.277 || 0.9989 || 30 / 35 / 40
|-
|11 || 0.0907 || 2.305 || 11.0 || 4.34 || 8.23 || 4.17 || 4.132 || 1.260 || || 56/0.3
|-
|12 || 0.0808 || 2.053 || 12.4 || 4.87 || 6.53 || 3.31 || 5.211 || 1.588 || 25 / 25 / 30 (20) ||
|-
|13 || 0.0720 || 1.828 || 13.9 || 5.47 || 5.18 || 2.62 || 6.571 || 2.003 || || 50/0.25
|-
|14 || 0.0641 || 1.628 || 15.6 || 6.14 || 4.11 || 2.08 || 8.286 || 2.525 || 20 / 20 / 25 (15) ||
|-
|15 || 0.0571 || 1.450 || 17.5 || 6.90 || 3.26 || 1.65 || 10.45 || 3.184 || ||rowspan=2| 30/0.25
|-
|16 || 0.0508 || 1.291 || 19.7 || 7.75 || 2.58 || 1.31 || 13.17 || 4.016 || — / — / 18 (10)
|-
|17 || 0.0453 || 1.150 || 22.1 || 8.70 || 2.05 || 1.04 || 16.61 || 5.064 || || 32/0.2
|-
|18 || 0.0403 || 1.024 || 24.8 || 9.77 || 1.62 || 0.823 || 20.95 || 6.385 || — / — / 14 (7) ||rowspan=2| 24/0.2
|-
|19 || 0.0359 || 0.912 || 27.9 || 11.0 || 1.29 || 0.653 || 26.42 || 8.051 ||
|-
|20 || 0.0320 || 0.812 || 31.3 || 12.3 || 1.02 || 0.518 || 33.31 || 10.15 || || 16/0.2
|-
|21 || 0.0285 || 0.723 || 35.1 || 13.8 || 0.810 || 0.410 || 42.00 || 12.80 || ||
|-
|22 || 0.0253 || 0.644 || 39.5 || 15.5 || 0.642 || 0.326 || 52.96 || 16.14 || || 7/0.25
|-
|23 || 0.0226 || 0.573 || 44.3 || 17.4 || 0.509 || 0.258 || 66.79 || 20.36 || ||
|-
|24 || 0.0201 || 0.511 || 49.7 || 19.6 || 0.404 || 0.205 || 84.22 || 25.67 || || 1/0.5, 7/0.2, 30/0.1
|-
|25 || 0.0179 || 0.455 || 55.9 || 22.0 || 0.320 || 0.162 || 106.2 || 32.37 || ||
|-
|26 || 0.0159 || 0.405 || 62.7 || 24.7 || 0.254 || 0.129 || 133.9 || 40.81 || || 7/0.15
|-
|27 || 0.0142 || 0.361 || 70.4 || 27.7 || 0.202 || 0.102 || 168.9 || 51.47 || ||
|-
|28 || 0.0126 || 0.321 || 79.1 || 31.1 || 0.160 || 0.0810 || 212.9 || 64.90 || ||
|-
|29 || 0.0113 || 0.286 || 88.8 || 35.0 || 0.127 || 0.0642 || 268.5 || 81.84 || ||
|-
|30 || 0.0100 || 0.255 || 99.7 || 39.3 || 0.101 || 0.0509 || 338.6 || 103.2 || || 1/0.25, 7/0.1
|-
|31 || 0.00893 || 0.227 || 112 || 44.1 ||0.0797 || 0.0404 || 426.9 || 130.1 || ||
|-
|32 || 0.00795 || 0.202 || 126 || 49.5 ||0.0632 || 0.0320 || 538.3 || 164.1 || || 1/0.2, 7/0.08
|-
|33 || 0.00708 || 0.180 || 141 || 55.6 ||0.0501 || 0.0254 || 678.8 || 206.9 || ||
|-
|34 || 0.00630 || 0.160 || 159 || 62.4 ||0.0398 || 0.0201 || 856.0 || 260.9 || ||
|-
|35 || 0.00561 || 0.143 || 178 || 70.1 ||0.0315 || 0.0160 || 1079 || 329.0 || ||
|-
|36 || 0.00500 || 0.127 || 200 || 78.7 ||0.0250 || 0.0127 || 1361 || 414.8 || ||
|-
|37 || 0.00445 || 0.113 || 225 || 88.4 ||0.0198 || 0.0100 || 1716 || 523.1 || ||
|-
|38 || 0.00397 || 0.101 || 252 || 99.3 ||0.0157 ||0.00797 || 2164 || 659.6 || ||
|-
|39 || 0.00353 || 0.0897 || 283 || 111 ||0.0125 ||0.00632 || 2729 || 831.8 || ||
|-
|40 || 0.00314 || 0.0799 || 318 || 125 ||0.00989 ||0.00501 || 3441 || 1049 || ||
|}

==SWG wire table==

Adapted from Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_wire_gauge]

{| style="font-size:97%; text-align:center; border = "1"
|-
! SWG
! mm
! in
|-
| 12
| 2.642
| 0.104
|-
| 14
| 2.032
| 0.080
|-
|16
|1.626
|0.064
|-
|18
|1.219
|0.048
|-
|20
|0.914
|0.036
|-
|22
|0.711
|0.028
|-
|24
|0.559
|0.022
|-
|26
|0.457
|0.018
|-
|28
|0.376
|0.014800
|-
|30
|0.315
|0.012400
|-
|32
|0.274
|0.010800
|-
|34
|0.234
|0.009200
|-
|36
|0.193
|0.007600
|-
|38
|0.152
|0.006000
|-
|40
|0.122
|0.004800
|-
|42
|0.102
|0.004000
|-
|44
| 0.0813
|0.003200
|-
|46
| 0.0610
|0.002400
|-
|48
| 0.0406
|0.001600
|-
|50
| 0.0254
|0.001000
|}

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Carlb: /* Metric to SWG - approximate equivalents */

Carlb: /* Metric to SWG - approximate equivalents */

TimVK4YEH at 23:29, 28 December 2008

TimVK4YEH: added comparison charts

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