{"id":9217,"date":"2024-06-04T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T03:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aluminiummagazine.com\/mag\/?p=9217"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:58:30","slug":"aluminium-wire-gauge-size-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aluminiummagazine.com\/mag\/aluminium\/wire\/aluminium-wire-gauge-size-chart.html","title":{"rendered":"Aluminum Wire Gauge Size Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A standard <strong>aluminum wire gauge size chart<\/strong> that provides information on the diameter and the cross-sectional area of aluminum wires in various <strong>American Wire Gauge (AWG) sizes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-3-color has-midnight-gradient-background has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/aluminiummagazine.com\/webtools\/wire-gauge-calculator.html\" style=\"border-radius:20px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AWG Wire Gauge Calculator &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>AWG Size<\/th><th>Diameter (inches)<\/th><th>Diameter (mm)<\/th><th>Cross-Sectional Area (mm\u00b2)<\/th><th>Resistance (\u03a9\/km at 20\u00b0C)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>4\/0 (0000)<\/td><td>0.4600<\/td><td>11.684<\/td><td>107.20<\/td><td>0.160<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/0 (000)<\/td><td>0.4096<\/td><td>10.405<\/td><td>85.01<\/td><td>0.201<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/0 (00)<\/td><td>0.3648<\/td><td>9.266<\/td><td>67.43<\/td><td>0.253<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/0 (0)<\/td><td>0.3249<\/td><td>8.251<\/td><td>53.48<\/td><td>0.319<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>0.2893<\/td><td>7.348<\/td><td>42.41<\/td><td>0.402<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>0.2576<\/td><td>6.544<\/td><td>33.63<\/td><td>0.507<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>0.2294<\/td><td>5.827<\/td><td>26.65<\/td><td>0.641<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>0.2043<\/td><td>5.189<\/td><td>21.15<\/td><td>0.810<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>0.1819<\/td><td>4.621<\/td><td>16.77<\/td><td>1.020<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>0.1620<\/td><td>4.115<\/td><td>13.30<\/td><td>1.290<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>0.1443<\/td><td>3.665<\/td><td>10.55<\/td><td>1.628<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>0.1285<\/td><td>3.264<\/td><td>8.367<\/td><td>2.050<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>0.1144<\/td><td>2.906<\/td><td>6.634<\/td><td>2.580<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>0.1019<\/td><td>2.588<\/td><td>5.262<\/td><td>3.240<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>0.0907<\/td><td>2.305<\/td><td>4.174<\/td><td>4.080<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>0.0808<\/td><td>2.053<\/td><td>3.307<\/td><td>5.150<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> .<\/p><div class=\"pai-ad\" style=\"min-height:250px;visibility:hidden;\"><span style=\"display: block; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #999999;\">Ads<\/span>\r\n<!-- Display-300x250-1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3838168351244230\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9933646018\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>AWG Size<\/th><th>Diameter (inches)<\/th><th>Diameter (mm)<\/th><th>Cross-Sectional Area (mm\u00b2)<\/th><th>Resistance (\u03a9\/km at 20\u00b0C)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>13<\/td><td>0.0720<\/td><td>1.828<\/td><td>2.624<\/td><td>6.500<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>0.0641<\/td><td>1.628<\/td><td>2.081<\/td><td>8.210<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>0.0571<\/td><td>1.450<\/td><td>1.650<\/td><td>10.4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>0.0508<\/td><td>1.291<\/td><td>1.308<\/td><td>13.1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>0.0453<\/td><td>1.150<\/td><td>1.037<\/td><td>16.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>0.0403<\/td><td>1.024<\/td><td>0.823<\/td><td>20.8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>0.0359<\/td><td>0.912<\/td><td>0.653<\/td><td>26.2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>0.0320<\/td><td>0.813<\/td><td>0.518<\/td><td>33.0<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>0.0285<\/td><td>0.723<\/td><td>0.410<\/td><td>41.5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>0.0253<\/td><td>0.644<\/td><td>0.326<\/td><td>52.3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>0.0226<\/td><td>0.573<\/td><td>0.259<\/td><td>65.9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<\/td><td>0.0201<\/td><td>0.511<\/td><td>0.205<\/td><td>83.1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>AWG Size<\/th><th>Diameter (inches)<\/th><th>Diameter (mm)<\/th><th>Cross-Sectional Area (mm\u00b2)<\/th><th>Resistance (\u03a9\/km at 20\u00b0C)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>25<\/td><td>0.0179<\/td><td>0.455<\/td><td>0.162<\/td><td>104<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<\/td><td>0.0159<\/td><td>0.404<\/td><td>0.129<\/td><td>131<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27<\/td><td>0.0142<\/td><td>0.361<\/td><td>0.102<\/td><td>165<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28<\/td><td>0.0126<\/td><td>0.321<\/td><td>0.081<\/td><td>208<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29<\/td><td>0.0113<\/td><td>0.286<\/td><td>0.064<\/td><td>262<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30<\/td><td>0.0100<\/td><td>0.255<\/td><td>0.051<\/td><td>331<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31<\/td><td>0.0089<\/td><td>0.227<\/td><td>0.040<\/td><td>417<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>32<\/td><td>0.0080<\/td><td>0.202<\/td><td>0.032<\/td><td>526<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>33<\/td><td>0.0071<\/td><td>0.180<\/td><td>0.025<\/td><td>663<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>34<\/td><td>0.0063<\/td><td>0.160<\/td><td>0.020<\/td><td>836<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>35<\/td><td>0.0056<\/td><td>0.143<\/td><td>0.016<\/td><td>1054<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>36<\/td><td>0.0050<\/td><td>0.127<\/td><td>0.013<\/td><td>1330<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This chart gives a detailed comparison of the wire sizes and their properties. Note that the resistance values are approximate and can vary slightly based on the specific alloy of aluminum and the temperature.<\/p><div class=\"pai-ad\" style=\"min-height:250px;visibility:hidden;\"><span style=\"display: block; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #999999;\">Ads<\/span>\r\n<!-- Display-300x250-1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3838168351244230\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9933646018\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FAQs<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. <strong>Aluminum Wire<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>.Aluminum wire is a lightweight, cost-effective electrical conductor commonly used in feeders, service entrances, and long-distance power transmission because of its high conductivity-to-weight ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. <strong>1\/0 Aluminum Wire<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>1\/0 aluminum wire is typically used for 100\u2013150A services, subpanels, and feeders. It offers a good balance of ampacity and cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>2\/0 Aluminum Wire<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2\/0 aluminum wire is commonly used for 150\u2013200A service entrances, long feeder runs, and underground installations.<\/p><div class=\"pai-ad\" style=\"min-height:250px;visibility:hidden;\"><span style=\"display: block; text-align: center; font-size: 10px; margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #999999;\">Ads<\/span>\r\n<!-- Display-300x250-1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3838168351244230\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9933646018\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>4\/0 Aluminum Wire<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>4\/0 aluminum wire is used for heavy loads such as 200\u2013400A services, large buildings, and industrial power distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <strong>2-2-2-4 Aluminum Wire<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2-2-2-4 is a SER\/SRU aluminum cable typically used for 90\u2013100A subpanels, feeders to garages\/sheds, and residential service upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd0c <strong>What Size Aluminum Wire for 100 Amp Service?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For 100A service, the recommended aluminum wire size is <strong>1 AWG or 1\/0 AWG<\/strong> depending on distance and local code.<br>Most electricians use <strong>1\/0 AL<\/strong> for reduced voltage drop and better long-run performance.<\/p><div class=\"pai-ad\" style=\"min-height:250px;visibility:hidden;\"><span style=\"display: block; 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