AWG gauge | Conductor Diameter Inches | Conductor Diameter mm | Ohms per 1000 ft. | Ohms per km | Maximum amps for chassis wiring | Maximum amps for power transmission | Maximum frequency for 100% skin depth for solid conductor copper |
OOOO | 0.46 | 11.684 | 0.049 | 0.16072 | 380 | 302 | 125 Hz |
OOO | 0.4096 | 10.40384 | 0.0618 | 0.202704 | 328 | 239 | 160 Hz |
OO | 0.3648 | 9.26592 | 0.0779 | 0.255512 | 283 | 190 | 200 Hz |
0 | 0.3249 | 8.25246 | 0.0983 | 0.322424 | 245 | 150 | 250 Hz |
1 | 0.2893 | 7.34822 | 0.1239 | 0.406392 | 211 | 119 | 325 Hz |
2 | 0.2576 | 6.54304 | 0.1563 | 0.512664 | 181 | 94 | 410 Hz |
3 | 0.2294 | 5.82676 | 0.197 | 0.64616 | 158 | 75 | 500 Hz |
4 | 0.2043 | 5.18922 | 0.2485 | 0.81508 | 135 | 60 | 650 Hz |
5 | 0.1819 | 4.62026 | 0.3133 | 1.027624 | 118 | 47 | 810 Hz |
6 | 0.162 | 4.1148 | 0.3951 | 1.295928 | 101 | 37 | 1100 Hz |
7 | 0.1443 | 3.66522 | 0.4982 | 1.634096 | 89 | 30 | 1300 Hz |
8 | 0.1285 | 3.2639 | 0.6282 | 2.060496 | 73 | 24 | 1650 Hz |
9 | 0.1144 | 2.90576 | 0.7921 | 2.598088 | 64 | 19 | 2050 Hz |
10 | 0.1019 | 2.58826 | 0.9989 | 3.276392 | 55 | 15 | 2600 Hz |
11 | 0.0907 | 2.30378 | 1.26 | 4.1328 | 47 | 12 | 3200 Hz |
12 | 0.0808 | 2.05232 | 1.588 | 5.20864 | 41 | 9.3 | 4150 Hz |
13 | 0.072 | 1.8288 | 2.003 | 6.56984 | 35 | 7.4 | 5300 Hz |
14 | 0.0641 | 1.62814 | 2.525 | 8.282 | 32 | 5.9 | 6700 Hz |
15 | 0.0571 | 1.45034 | 3.184 | 10.44352 | 28 | 4.7 | 8250 Hz |
16 | 0.0508 | 1.29032 | 4.016 | 13.17248 | 22 | 3.7 | 11 k Hz |
17 | 0.0453 | 1.15062 | 5.064 | 16.60992 | 19 | 2.9 | 13 k Hz |
18 | 0.0403 | 1.02362 | 6.385 | 20.9428 | 16 | 2.3 | 17 kHz |
19 | 0.0359 | 0.91186 | 8.051 | 26.40728 | 14 | 1.8 | 21 kHz |
20 | 0.032 | 0.8128 | 10.15 | 33.292 | 11 | 1.5 | 27 kHz |