AWG Wire Table for BARE COPPER Wire Compiled by a program written by Fr.

Tom McGahee
Compiled by Fr. Tom McGahee tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com
Permission granted to copy freely so long as credit line above is included
AWG = American Wire Gauge size
Dia-mils = Diameter in mils (1 mil = .001 inch)
TPI = Turns Per Inch (Ignoring thickness of unknown insulation)
Dia-mm = Diameter in millimeters (For comparison with non-USA coilers)
Circ-mils = Circular Mils. (circular mils = diameter in mils squared)
Ohms/Kft = Ohms Per 1,000 Feet
Ft/Ohm = Feet Per Ohm
Ft/Lb = Feet Per Pound
Ohms/Lb = Ohms Per Pound
Lb/Kft = Pounds Per 1,000 Feet
NormAmps = Normal Average Amp Capacity based on 500 circular mils per Amp
MaxAmps = Maximum recommended Average Amp Capacity in Open Air based on 438.489 circular mils per Amp
Actual Amp capacity of a wire depends on form factor and method of cooling!
MaxAmps assumes free flow of air around wire. Do NOT exceed this maximum without cooling!
Wire wrapped in a coil or without any form of cooling may over-heat at MaxAmps!
Many factors govern the ACTUAL Max Amps you can pass through a wire continuously. Be careful!

AWG
0000
000
00

Dia-mils
459.99
409.63
364.79

AWG

Dia-mils

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

324.85
289.29
257.62
229.42
204.30
181.94
162.02
144.28
128.49
114.42

TPI
2.1740
2.4412
2.7413
TPI
3.0783
3.4567
3.8817
4.3588
4.8947
5.4964
6.1721
6.9308
7.7828
8.7396

Dia-mm
11.684
10.405
9.2657
Dia-mm
8.2513
7.3480
6.5436
5.8272
5.1893
4.6212
4.1153
3.6648
3.2636
2.9063

Circ-mils Ohms/Kft
211592
167800
133072

0.0490
0.0618
0.0779

Circ-mils Ohms/Kft
105531
83690
66369
52633
41740
33101
26251
20818
16509
13092

0.0983
0.1239
0.1563
0.1970
0.2485
0.3133
0.3951
0.4982
0.6282
0.7921

Ft/Ohm
20402
16180
12831
Ft/Ohm
10175
8069.5
6399.4
5075.0
4024.7
3191.7
2531.1
2007.3
1591.8
1262.4

Ft/Lb
1.5613
1.9688
2.4826
Ft/Lb
3.1305
3.9475
4.9777
6.2767
7.9148
9.9804
12.585
15.869
20.011
25.233

Ohms/Lb
0.0001
0.0001
0.0002
Ohms/Lb
0.0003
0.0005
0.0008
0.0012
0.0020
0.0031
0.0050
0.0079
0.0126
0.0200

Lb/Kft
640.48
507.93
402.80
Lb/Kft
319.44
253.33
200.90
159.32
126.35
100.20
79.460
63.014
49.973
39.630

NormAmps

MaxAmps

423.18
335.60
266.14

482.55
382.68
303.48

NormAmps

MaxAmps

211.06
167.38
132.74
105.27
83.480
66.203
52.501
41.635
33.018
26.185

240.67
190.86
151.36
120.03
95.190
75.489
59.866
47.476
37.650
29.858

AWG
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
AWG
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
AWG
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
AWG
40

Dia-mils
101.90
90.741
80.807
71.961
64.083
57.067
50.820
45.257
40.302
35.890
Dia-mils
31.961
28.462
25.346
22.572
20.101
17.900
15.940
14.195
12.641
11.257
Dia-mils
10.025
8.9276
7.9503
7.0799
6.3048
5.6146
5.0000
4.4526
3.9652
3.5311
Dia-mils
3.1445

TPI
9.8140
11.020
12.375
13.896
15.605
17.523
19.677
22.096
24.813
27.863
TPI
31.288
35.134
39.453
44.304
49.750
55.866
62.733
70.445
79.105
88.830
TPI
99.750
112.01
125.78
141.24
158.61
178.11
200.00
224.59
252.20
283.20
TPI
318.01

Dia-mm
2.5881
2.3048
2.0525
1.8278
1.6277
1.4495
1.2908
1.1495
1.0237
0.9116
Dia-mm
0.8118
0.7229
0.6438
0.5733
0.5106
0.4547
0.4049
0.3606
0.3211
0.2859
Dia-mm
0.2546
0.2268
0.2019
0.1798
0.1601
0.1426
0.1270
0.1131
0.1007
0.0897
Dia-mm
0.0799

Circ-mils Ohms/Kft
10383
8233.9
6529.8
5178.3
4106.6
3256.7
2582.7
2048.2
1624.3
1288.1

0.9989
1.2596
1.5883
2.0028
2.5255
3.1845
4.0156
5.0636
6.3851
8.0514

Circ-mils Ohms/Kft
1021.5
810.10
642.44
509.48
404.03
320.41
254.10
201.51
159.80
126.73

10.153
12.802
16.143
20.356
25.669
32.368
40.815
51.467
64.898
81.835

Circ-mils Ohms/Kft
100.50
79.702
63.207
50.125
39.751
31.524
25.000
19.826
15.723
12.469

103.19
130.12
164.08
206.90
260.90
328.99
414.85
523.11
659.63
831.78

Circ-mils Ohms/Kft
9.8880

1048.9

---------From: Thomas McGahee [SMTP:tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com]

Sent: Thursday, April 09, 1998 7:59 PM

Ft/Ohm
1001.1
793.93
629.61
499.31
395.97
314.02
249.03
197.49
156.62
124.20
Ft/Ohm
98.496
78.111
61.945
49.125
38.958
30.895
24.501
19.430
15.409
12.220
Ft/Ohm
9.6906
7.6850
6.0945
4.8332
3.8329
3.0396
2.4105
1.9116
1.5160
1.2022
Ft/Ohm
0.9534

Ft/Lb
31.819
40.122
50.593
63.797
80.447
101.44
127.91
161.30
203.39
256.47
Ft/Lb
323.41
407.81
514.23
648.44
817.66
1031.1
1300.1
1639.4
2067.3
2606.8
Ft/Lb
3287.1
4145.0
5226.7
6590.8
8310.8
10480
13215
16663
21012
26496
Ft/Lb
33410

Ohms/Lb
0.0318
0.0505
0.0804
0.1278
0.2031
0.3230
0.5136
0.8167
1.2986
2.0648
Ohms/Lb
3.2832
5.2205
8.3009
13.199
20.987
33.371
53.061
84.371
134.15
213.31
Ohms/Lb
339.18
539.32
857.55
1363.6
2168.1
3447.5
5481.7
8716.2
13859
22037
Ohms/Lb
35040

Lb/Kft
31.428
24.924
19.765
15.675
12.431
9.8579
7.8177
6.1997
4.9166
3.8991
Lb/Kft
3.0921
2.4521
1.9446
1.5422
1.2230
0.9699
0.7692
0.6100
0.4837
0.3836
Lb/Kft
0.3042
0.2413
0.1913
0.1517
0.1203
0.0954
0.0757
0.0600
0.0476
0.0377
Lb/Kft
0.0299

NormAmps

MaxAmps

20.765
16.468
13.060
10.357
8.2132
6.5134
5.1654
4.0963
3.2485
2.5762

23.678
18.778
14.892
11.810
9.3654
7.4271
5.8900
4.6709
3.7042
2.9376

NormAmps

MaxAmps

2.0430
1.6202
1.2849
1.0190
0.8081
0.6408
0.5082
0.4030
0.3196
0.2535

2.3296
1.8475
1.4651
1.1619
0.9214
0.7307
0.5795
0.4596
0.3644
0.2890

NormAmps

MaxAmps

0.2010
0.1594
0.1264
0.1003
0.0795
0.0630
0.0500
0.0397
0.0314
0.0249

0.2292
0.1818
0.1441
0.1143
0.0907
0.0719
0.0570
0.0452
0.0359
0.0284

NormAmps

MaxAmps

0.0198

0.0226

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Subject: REVISED AWG Wire Table for Coilers
Fellow Coilers,
A few people e-mailed me to say that I was a bit conservative on the amp
ratings
for the AWG wire table I e-mailed to the TESLA and TESLA-2 lists.
I realize that we Coilers love to push things to the limit. In going back over
my AWG sources I did find one source that went as high as 23.679 amps for
AWG #10. Someone mentioned that UL codes allowed 23 amps for AWG #12. Such a
large value must be assuming the wire is enclosed in a metal conduit which
is acting as a heat sink. I have re-written my program to reflect a Max
recommended continuous current of 23.679 amps for a #10 AWG bare copper wire
cooled by ambient air.
I am sorry if sending this second revised AWG table means a few more seconds
of download time for the List members. Dump the earlier table and file this
revised table away for future reference.
Hope this helps.
Fr. Tom McGahee