Handbook of Electrical Engineering

CABLES, WIRES AND CABLE INSTALLATION PRACTICES 195

Table 9.10. Equivalence between metric and American cable sizes

Actual
CSA (mm^2 )

Nominal

CSA (mm^2 )

Circular mils American

wire gauge

0.82 (0.75) 1,624 18

0.97 — 1,910 —

—1.0——

1.29 — 2,546 —

1.31 (1.5) 2,583 16

—1.5——

1.94 — 3,820 —

2.08 (2.5) 4,110 14

—2.5——

2.90 — 5,730 —

3.31 (4.0) 6,530 12

—4.0——

4.51 — 8,910 —

5.26 (6.0) 10,380 10

—6.0——

6.45 — 12,730 —

8.37 (10) 16,510 8

9.35 — 18,460 —

—10——

13.30 (16) 26,250 6

14.51 — 28,650 —

—16——

19.35 — 38,200 —

21.15 (25) 41,740 4

—25——

25.80 — 50,930 —

26.67 — 52,630 3

33.63 (35) 66,370 2

—35——

38.70 — 76,390 —

42.41 — 83,690 1

48.37 — 95,490 —

—50——

53.48 (50) 105,500 0

64.50 — 127,300 —

67.43 (70) 133,100 00

—70——

77.40 — 152,800 —

85.03 (95) 167,800 000

—95——

96.75 — 191,000 —

107.2 — 211,600 0000

— 120 — —

127.0 (120) 250,000 250 MCM

129.0 — 255,000 —

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