AWG specification

AWG is the abbreviation for "American Wire Gauge" and is a measurement for wire sizes. The manufacturing process of AWG cables results in a different measurement than European cross-sections. Therefore, European cross-sections do not correspond exactly to those of AWG cables.

	4 AWG	6 AWG	8 AWG	10 AWG	12 AWG	14 AWG	16 AWG	18 AWG	20 AWG
Conductor cross-section in mm²	21,14	13,29	8,35	5,26	3,31	2,08	1,31	0,82	0,52
Conductor cross-section metric equivalent	25	16	10	6	4	2,5	1,5	1	0,75
Outer diameter in mm	11	8,50	6,3	5,5	4,5	3,5	2,95	2,3	-
Inner diameter in mm	5,19	4,11	3,26	2,59	2,05	1,63	1,29	1,02	0,81
Number of strands of copper wire	5000	3200	1650	1050	680	400	250	150	100
Maximum continuous stress in A	ca. 120	ca. 95	ca. 75	ca. 50	ca. 34	ca. 24	ca. 20	ca. 9,5	ca. 6
Diameter of the individual copper wire in mm	0,08
Temperature resistance in °C	-60 °C ~ + 200 °C
Colours	Red, Black