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Operating:
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WIRE GAUGES

with resistance values for copper conductors

Commonly available wire gauges highlighted, yellow for SWG & green for metric.

Sixth column is the actual wire diameter in millimetres.

B&S
Gauges

SWG
Gauges

Metric
mm

Dia.
mils

Ohms per 1000ft

Dia.
mm

Ohms per km

12

-

-

80.81

1.588

2.053

5.210

-

14

-

80.00

1.658

2.032

5.440

-

-

2.000

78.74

1.673

2.000

5.448

-

15

-

72.00

2.001

1.829

6.563

13

-

-

71.96

2.003

1.828

6.572

-

-

1.800

70.87

2.065

1.800

6.775

14

-

-

64.08

2.525

1.628

8.284

-

16

-

64.00

2.532

1.626

8.307

-

-

1.600

62.99

2.614

1.600

8.575

15

-

-

57.07

3.184

1.450

10.47

-

17

-

56.00

3.307

1.422

10.85

-

-

1.400

55.12

3.414

1.400

11.20

16

-

-

50.82

4.016

1.291

13.18

-

-

1.250

49.21

4.282

1.250

14.05

-

18

-

48.00

4.501

1.219

14.77

17

-

-

45.26

5.064

1.150

16.61

-

-

1.120

44.09

5.333

1.120

17.50

18

-

-

40.30

6.385

1.024

20.95

-

-

1.000

39.37

6.691

1.000

21.95

-

20

-

36.00

8.002

0.9144

26.25

19

-

-

35.89

8.051

0.9119

26.41

-

-

0.9000

35.51

8.222

0.9000

27.10

-

21

-

32.00

10.13

0.8128

33.23

20

-

-

31.96

10.15

0.8120

33.30

-

-

0.800

31.50

10.45

0.8000

34.30

21

-

-

28.46

12.80

0.7231

41.99

-

22

-

28.00

13.23

0.7112

43.40

-

-

0.7100

27.95

13.27

0.7100

43.55

22

-

-

25.35

16.14

0.6440

52.95

-

-

0.6300

24.80

15.85

0.6300

55.31

-

23

-

24.00

18.00

0.6096

59.07

23

-

-

22.57

20.36

0.5734

66.80

-

-

0.5600

22.04

21.33

0.5600

70.00

-

24

-

22.00

21.43

0.5588

70.30

24

-

-

20.10

25.67

0.5107

84.22

-

25

-

20.00

25.93

0.5080

85.06

-

-

0.5000

19.69

26.76

0.5000

87.81

-

26

-

18.00

32.01

0.4572

105.0

25

-

-

17.90

32.37

0.4548

106.2

-

-

0.4500

17.72

33.04

0.4500

108.4

-

27

-

16.40

38.55

0.4162

126.5

26

-

-

15.94

40.81

0.4050

133.9

-

-

0.4000

15.75

41.28

0.4000

137.2

-

28

-

14.80

47.35

0.3759

155.3

27

-

-

14.20

51.47

0.3608

168.9

-

-

0.3550

13.97

53.10

0.3550

174.2

-

29

-

13.60

56.07

0.3454

184.0

28

-

-

12.64

64.90

0.3211

212.9

-

30

0.3150

12.40

67.45

0.3150

221.2

-

31

-

11.60

77.07

0.2946

252.9

29

-

-

11.26

81.83

0.2861

268.5

-

-

0.2800

11.02

85.34

0.2800

280.0

-

32

-

10.80

88.91

0.2743

291.7

30

-

-

10.03

103.2

0.2548

338.6

-

33

-

10.00

103.7

0.2540

340.2

-

-

0.2500

9.842

107.0

0.2500

351.2

-

34

-

9.200

122.5

0.2337

402.0

31

-

-

8.928

130.1

0.2268

426.8

-

-

0.2240

8.819

133.3

0.2240

437.5

-

35

-

8.400

147.0

0.2134

482.2

32

-

-

7.950

164.1

0.2020

538.4

-

36

-

7.600

179.5

0.1930

589.1

-

-

0.1800

7.087

206.5

0.1800

677.5

33

-

-

7.080

206.9

0.1799

678.8

-

37

-

6.800

224.3

0.1727

735.8


 

 

 

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