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AWG-IEC Wire Gauges
American Wire Gauge (AWG) and IEC wire sizes are often hard to correlate. There are many references on the internet, but none that gave enough information to really compare. So I wrote my own reference to compare the area of each size more usefully.
Short-time Withstand Rating
Copper conductors and bolted connections withstand rating: 1)
- 1 Ampere
- 5 seconds
- per
- 30 circular mils (bare wire)
- 42.25 circular mils (75°C insulated wire)
Conversions
- kcmil = Square Inches x 1273
- kcmil = Square Millimeters x 1.974
- mm2 = kcmil x 0.5067
Sources:
- Circular Mils Equivalence: http://www.mogami.com/e/cad/wire-gauge.html
- Conversions: Erico Cadweld Catalog, Technical Information (page B-4)
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1)
NEC 250-94, 250-95
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