Metric Conductor Sizes

Metric iso to american wire gauge.

Metric conductor sizes.

No nominal diameter of wires. Nominal cross sectional ares of conductor. Home about us products contact us feedback form. Whilst batt cables plc endeavours to ensure the information on the website specification sheets and all other technical information is accurate the information is for guidance only and it is subject to change without notice or liability.

Awg to metric conversion chart this table gives closest equivalent size cross references between metric and american wire sizes. Sizes over 6 square millimeter are normally stranded so the measured diameter will be slightly larger. For example 7 0 2 means 7 strands of wire each 0 2mm diameter. The following sizes are for 60ºc insulation copper wire 3 current carrying conductors in a raceway.

The makeup and construction of electrical wire compare awg to swg and metric sq mm cable sizes with equivalent circ. Current rating 2 cables single phase. In europe wire sizes are expressed in cross sectional area in mm and also as the number of strands of wires of a diameter expressed in mm. Wire size is usually identified as the area of the conductor in square millimeters.

This table gives closest equivalent size cross references between metric and american wire sizes. Metric awg wire size equivalents. Mils conductor size. The american wire gauge describes the wire s diameter.

The actual cross sectional areas depend in part upon the stranding of the cable. Metric conductor size chart. Imperial sizes bss 2004 metric sizes bss 6004. Iec 60228 is the international electrotechnical commission s international standard on conductors of insulated cables as of 2020 the current version is third edition 2004 11 among other things it defines a set of standard wire cross sectional areas.