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Electric Wire AWG Standard

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In many radioamateur description coming from the US, wire dimensions are given in american AWG (American Wiring Gauge) standard..

The conversion formula is :

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Where mm = diameter in mm and AWG= diameter in AWG

Particularities :

# 0000 AWG=3

# 000 AWG=2

# 00 AWG=1

# 0 AWG=0

Here the table which will help you to convert AWG in mm.

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Wikipedia: American Wire Gauge (AWG)

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge

 

Common Use

18AWG or AWG18 for PSU power cables / extension cables / modular cables

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22AWG or AWG22 for fan power cables / fan extension cables / fan adapter cables

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