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Circ. Thou Equivalent
Circ. Thou		 Awg.
Size		 Metric
Wire
Size
mm2		 Stranding/ Wire
Dia. per Strand		 Approximate
Overall Diameter
in mm in mm
-
1020
-
1620
1620
-
-		 987
-
1480
-
-
1974
1974		 -
20
-
18
18
-
-		 0.50
-
0.75
-
-
1.0
1.0		 1/.032
7/.0121
1/.039
1/.0403
7/.0152
1/.045
7/.017		 1/.813
7/.307
1/.991
1/1.02
7/.386
1/1.14
7/.432		 .032
.036
.039
.040
.046
.045
.051		 0.81
0.91
0.99
1.02
1.16
1.14
1.30
2580
2580
-
-
4110
4110		 -
-
2960
2960
-
-		 16
16
-
-
14
14		 -
-
1.5
1.5
-
-		 1/.0508
7/.0192
1/.055
7/.021
1/.0641
7/.0242		 1/1.29
7/.488
1/1.40
7/5.33
1/1.63
7/.615		 .051
.058
.055
.063
.064
.073		 1.29
1.46
1.40
1.60
1.63
1.84
-
-
6530
6530
-
-		 4934
4934
-
-
7894
7894		 -
-
12
12
-
-		 2.5
2.5
-
-
4
4		 1/.071
7/.027
1/.0808
7/.0305
1/.089
7/.034		 1/1.80
7/.686
1/2.05
7/.775
1/2.26
7/.864		 .071
.081
.081
.092
.089
.102		 1.80
2.06
2.05
2.32
2.26
2.59
10380
10380
-
-
13090
13090		 -
-
11840
11840
-
-		 10
10
-
-
9
9		 -
-
6
6
-
-		 1/.1019
7/.0385
1/.109
7/.042
1/.1144
7/.0432		 1/2.59
7/.978
1/2.77
7/1.07
1/2.91
7/1.10		 .102
.116
.109
.126
.1144
.130		 2.59
2.93
2.77
3.21
2.91
3.30
16510
16510
-
-
20820
20820		 -
-
19740
19740
-
-		 8
8
-
-
7
7		 -
-
10
10
-
-		 1/.1285
7/.0486
1/.141
7/.054
1/.1443
7/.0545		 1/3.26
7/1.23
1/3.58
7/1.37
1/3.67
7/1.38		 .128
.146
.141
.162
.144
.164		 3.26
3.70
3.58
4.12
3.67
4.15
26240
26240
-
33090
41740		 -
-
31580
-
-		 6
6
-
5
4		 -
-
16
-
-		 1/.162
7/.0612
7/.068
7/.0688
7/.0772		 1/4.11
7/1.55
7/1.73
7/1.75
7/1.96		 .162
.184
.204
.206
.232		 4.11
4.66
5.18
5.24
5.88
-
-
52620
66360
-
-		 49340
49340
-
-
69070
69070		 -
-
3
2
-
-		 25
25
-
-
35
35		 7/.085
19/.052
7/.0867
7/.0974
7/.100
19/.061		 7/2.16
19/1.32
7/2.20
7/2.47
7/2.54
19/1.55		 .255
.260
.260
.292
.300
.305		 6.48
6.60
6.61
7.42
7.62
7.75
Circ. Thou
 Equivalent
Circ. Thou
 Awg.
Size
 Metric
Wire
Size
mm2
 in
 mm
 in
 mm
Stranding/ Wire
Dia. per Strand
 Approximate
Overall Diameter
Circ.
Thou		 Equivalent
Circ. Thou		 Awg.
Size		 Metric
Wire
Size
mm2		 Stranding/ Wire
Dia. per Strand		 Approx.
Overall Diameter
in mm in mm
83690
-
105600
133100
-
167800
167800		 -
98680
-
-
138100
-
-		 1
-
1/0
2/0
-
3/0
3/0		 -
50
-
-
70
-
-		 19/.0664
19/.073
19/.0745
19/.0837
19/.086
19/.094
37/.0673		 19/1.69
19/1.85
19/1.89
19/2.13
19/2.18
19/2.39
37/1.71		 .332
.365
.373
.419
.430
.470
.471		 9.43
9.27
9.46
10.6
10.9
11.9
12.0
-
-
211600
-
250mcm
300mcm		 187500
187500
-
237.8mcm
-
-		 -
-
4/0
-
-
-		 95
95
-
120
-
150		 19/.101
37/.072
19/.1055
37/.081
37/.0822
37/.090		 19/2.57
37/1.83
19/2.68
37/2.06
37/2.09
37/2.29		 .505
.504
.528
.567
.575
.630		 12.8
12.8
13.4
14.4
14.6
16.0
350mcm
-
400mcm
-
-
500mcm
500mcm		 -
365.1mcm
-
473.6mcm
473.6mcm
-
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-		 -
185
-
240
240
-
-		 37/.0973
37/.100
37/.104
37/.114
61/.089
37/.1162
61/.0905		 37/2.47
37/2.54
37/2.64
37/2.90
61/2.26
37/2.95
61/2.30		 .681
.700
.728
.798
.801
.813
.814		 17.3
17.8
18.5
20.3
20.3
20.7
20.7
-
600mcm
700mcm
750mcm
750mcm
-		 592.1mcm
-
-
-
-
789.4mcm		 -
-
-
-
-
 300
-
-
-
-
400		 61/.099
61/.0992
61/.1071
61/.1109
91/.0908
61/.114		 61/2.51
61/2.52
61/2.72
61/2.82
91/2.31
61/2.90		 .891
.893
.964
.998
.999
1.026		 22.6
22.7
24.5
25.4
25.4
26.1
800mcm
800mcm
1000mcm
1000mcm
-		 -
-
986.8mcm
-
1233.7mcm		 -
-
-
-
-		 -
-
500
-
625		 61/.1145
61/.0938
61/.1280
91/.1048
91/.117		 61/2.91
91/2.38
61/3.25
91/2.66
91/2.97		 1.031
1.032
1.152
1.153
1.287		 26.2
26.2
29.3
29.3
32.7
1250mcm
1250mcm
1500mcm
1500mcm
-		 -
-
-
-
1578.8mcm		 -
-
-
-
-		 -
-
-
-
800		 91/.1172
127/.0992
91/.1284
127/.1087
91/.132		 91/2.98
127/2.52
91/.1284
127/.1087
91/.132		 1.289
1.290
1.412
1.413
1.452		 32.7
32.8
35.9
35.9
36.9
-
2000mcm
2000mcm		 1973.5mcm
-
-		 -
-
-		 1000
-
-		 91/.147
127/.1255
169/.1088		 91/3.73
127/3.19
169/2.76		 1.617
1.632
1.632		 41.1
41.5
41.5
Circ.
Thou
 Equivalent
Circ. Thou
 Awg.
Size
 Metric
Wire
Size
mm2
 in
 mm
 in
 mm
Stranding/ Wire
Dia. per Strand
 Approx.
Overall Diameter

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