American Wire Guages (AWG) to Metric Conversion
To help assist the selection of the correct Lug for use with Telect Power distribution panels we have provided the below Conversion between AWG and Metric.
The table below can be used to convert American Wire Gauge (AWG) to square mm cross sectional area.
| American Wire Gauge (AWG) |
Diameter (inches) |
Diameter (mm) |
Cross Sectional Area (mm2) |
| 0000 | 0.46 | 11.68 | 107.16 |
| 000 | 0.4096 | 10.40 | 84.97 |
| 00 | 0.3648 | 9.27 | 67.40 |
| 0 | 0.3249 | 8.25 | 53.46 |
| 1 | 0.2893 | 7.35 | 42.39 |
| 2 | 0.2576 | 6.54 | 33.61 |
| 3 | 0.2294 | 5.83 | 26.65 |
| 4 | 0.2043 | 5.19 | 21.14 |
| 5 | 0.1819 | 4.62 | 16.76 |
| 6 | 0.162 | 4.11 | 13.29 |
| 7 | 0.1443 | 3.67 | 10.55 |
| 8 | 0.1285 | 3.26 | 8.36 |
| 9 | 0.1144 | 2.91 | 6.63 |
| 10 | 0.1019 | 2.59 | 5.26 |
| 11 | 0.0907 | 2.30 | 4.17 |
| 12 | 0.0808 | 2.05 | 3.31 |
| 13 | 0.072 | 1.83 | 2.63 |
| 14 | 0.0641 | 1.63 | 2.08 |
| 15 | 0.0571 | 1.45 | 1.65 |
| 16 | 0.0508 | 1.29 | 1.31 |
| 17 | 0.0453 | 1.15 | 1.04 |
| 18 | 0.0403 | 1.02 | 0.82 |
| 19 | 0.0359 | 0.91 | 0.65 |
| 20 | 0.032 | 0.81 | 0.52 |
| 21 | 0.0285 | 0.72 | 0.41 |
| 22 | 0.0254 | 0.65 | 0.33 |
| 23 | 0.0226 | 0.57 | 0.26 |
| 24 | 0.0201 | 0.51 | 0.20 |
| 25 | 0.0179 | 0.45 | 0.16 |
| 26 | 0.0159 | 0.40 | 0.13 |
