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AWG Conversion (american wire gauge) a MM2 (square millimeters), diameter, dc resistance

AWG (american wire gauge) is the abbreviation for American wire gauge. AWG value is a function of wire thickness in inches. The following table compares AWG to metric and British units. 4/0 indica 0000, 3/0 indica 000, 2/0 indica 00 y 1/0 indica 0. For example, A common telephone line has a diameter of 26 AWG, about 0,4 mm.

AWG	Diameter		Section area (mm2)	Endurance Oh/km	AWG	Diameter		Section area (mm2)	Endurance Oh/km
AWG	mm	inch	Section area (mm2)	Endurance Oh/km	AWG	mm	inch	Section area (mm2)	Endurance Oh/km
4/0	11.68	0.46	107.22	0.17	22	0.643	0.0253	0.3247	54.3
3/0	10.40	0.4096	85.01	0.21	23	0.574	0.0226	0.2588	48.5
2/0	9.27	0.3648	67.43	0.26	24	0.511	0.0201	0.2047	89.4
1/0	8.25	0.3249	53.49	0.33	25	0.44	0.0179	0.1624	79.6
1	7.35	0.2893	42.41	0.42	26	0.404	0.0159	0.1281	143
2	6.54	0.2576	33.62	0.53	27	0.361	0.0142	0.1021	128
3	5.83	0.2294	26.67	0.66	28	0.32	0.0126	0.0804	227
4	5.19	0.2043	21.15	0.84	29	0.287	0.0113	0.0647	289
5	4.62	0.1819	16.77	1.06	30	0.254	0.0100	0.0507	361
6	4.11	0.1620	13.30	1.33	31	0.226	0.0089	0.0401	321
7	3.67	0.1443	10.55	1.68	32	0.203	0.0080	0.0316	583
8	3.26	0.1285	8.37	2.11	33	0.18	0.0071	0.0255	944
9	2.91	0.1144	6.63	2.67	34	0.16	0.0063	0.0201	956
10	2.59	0.1019	5.26	3.36	35	0.142	0.0056	0.0169	1,200
11	2.30	0.0907	4.17	4.24	36	0.127	0.0050	0.0127	1,530
12	2.05	0.0808	3.332	5.31	37	0.114	0.0045	0.0098	1,377
13	1.82	0.0720	2.627	6.69	38	0.102	0.0040	0.0081	2,400
14	1.63	0.0641	2.075	8.45	39	0.089	0.0035	0.0062	2,100
15	1.45	0.0571	1.646	10.6	40	0.079	0.0031	0.0049	4,080
16	1.29	0.0508	1.318	13.5	41	0.071	0.0028	0.0040	3,685
17	1.15	0.0453	1.026	16.3	42	0.064	0.0025	0.0032	6,300
18	1.02	0.0403	0.8107	21.4	43	0.056	0.0022	0.0025	5,544
19	0.912	0.0359	0.5667	26.9	44	0.051	0.0020	0.0020	10,200
20	0.813	0.0320	0.5189	33.9	45	0.046	0.0018	0.0016	9,180
21	0.724	0.0285	0.4116	42.7	46	0.041	0.0016	0.0013	16,300

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