Wire gauge

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This is a list of standard wire gauges and their international equivalents.


AWG
(American Wire Gauge)
SWG
(Standard Wire Guage)
Metric
(cross sectional area
in square millimetres)
32
 
0.032
 
35
0.036
31
34
0.040
 
33
0.049
30
 
0.051
 
32
0.057
29
31
0.065
 
30
0.078
28
 
0.081
 
29
0.086
27
 
0.103
 
28
0.124
26
 
0.128
 
27
0.132
25
26
0.162
 
25
0.193
24
 
0.210
 
24
0.245
23
 
0.259
 
23
0.295
22
 
0.324
 
22
0.410
21
 
0.412
 
21
0.511
20
 
0.556
19
 
0.636
 
20
0.660
 
19
0.813
18
 
0.826
17
 
1.040
 
18
1.170
16
 
1.340
 
17
1.630
15
 
1.680
14
16
2.080
13
 
2.630
 
15
2.640
 
14
3.250
11
 
4.130
 
13
4.470
10
 
5.260
 
12
5.390
9
11
6.600
8
 
8.400
 
10
10.000
7
9
10.600
6
 
13.000
5
 
16.800
4
 
21.000
3
 
26.200
2
 
33.600
 
 
 

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