uk equivalent to awg

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Topic: uk equivalent to awg

Posted By: mallon
Subject: uk equivalent to awg
Date Posted: August 31, 2007 at 11:12 AM

I have been reading a hell alot of tutorials on alarms kill switches etc. They are all american based tutorials and all give an appropiate gauge wire to use. In the uk they dont list gauge wire so what is the equivalent to say 14 or 18 gauge wire. How do they find out. I presume its the size of the conductor area?

thanks shaun

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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: September 01, 2007 at 7:56 PM

Yes A.W.G. is determined by the area of the conductor. How do they determine wire size in the U.K.? I can tell you that for solid wire the diameter of 14 Ga. is .0630 inches or 3968.52 circular mills and 18 Ga. is .0397 inches or 1574.91 circular mills.

https://www.bcae1.com/wire.htm chart found 3/4 the way down the page Hope this helps you.

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