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'''American wire gauge''' ('''AWG''') tells the diameter of an electrical conductor. | '''American wire gauge''' ('''AWG''') tells the diameter of an electrical conductor. The conductor's current capacity depends upon the resistance per unit length and the temperature rating of the insulation. | ||
==Tables of AWG wire sizes simplified from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge#Tables_of_AWG_wire_sizes Wikipedia]== | |||
==Tables of AWG wire sizes | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="textalign:center;" | {| class="wikitable" style="textalign:center;" | ||
! rowspan=4 | AWG | ! rowspan=4 | AWG | ||
! rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Diameter | ! rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Diameter | ||
! rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Turns of wire, <br />without insulation | ! rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Turns of wire, <br />without insulation | ||
! rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Area | ! rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Area | ||
! colspan=8 | Copper wire | ! colspan=8 | Copper wire | ||
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| 40 || 0.00314 || 0.0799 || 318 || 125 || 0.00989 || 0.00501 || 3441 || 1049 || — || — || — | | 40 || 0.00314 || 0.0799 || 318 || 125 || 0.00989 || 0.00501 || 3441 || 1049 || — || — || — | ||
|} | |} | ||