Cable Gauge to Diameter?

[justafifteen 10+ year member]

I can't find this anywhere. Can someone give me a chart that lists wire gauges, for example:

12ga AWG

16 ga AWG

1/0ga

and lists their actual diameter in inches?

Or could someone tell me the diameter of this cable?

http://www.knukonceptz.com/productDetail.cfm?prodID=KLMX0R

Thanks

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[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

there's a calculator about 3/4 down that gives you radius and area, and a chart right below that gives you circ mils, diameter and resistance.

bcae1.com/wire.htm

area of 66.9 sq mm equates to a diameter of about 0.36". That is equivalent to 2/0 gauge.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge

see chart

 

[Scuba 10+ year member]

It also depends on where the wire is being made. is it AWG standard? or some taiwanese crapola?.

Not all wire is made equally.

 

[93dakota 10+ year member]

Knu gives all that information for the regular Kol wires but i cant find any thing on KLM which is a bit bigger to try and adjust for the higher resistance. go to THIS and click on wire specs.

 

[Atimm693 10+ year member]

there's a calculator about 3/4 down that gives you radius and area, and a chart right below that gives you circ mils, diameter and resistance.bcae1.com/wire.htm

area of 66.9 sq mm equates to a diameter of about 0.36". That is equivalent to 2/0 gauge.

2/0 should have a bigger diameter than .36". I'd think it would be around .75" or bigger.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

It also depends on where the wire is being made. is it AWG standard? or some taiwanese crapola?.
Not all wire is made equally.

Correct.

There are 3 types of wire produced: Smaller than advertised, true AWG size, and larger than advertised.

Cheap wire is almost always smaller than advertised, or made of different materials (Aluminum, etc)

Good wire is 99% of the time pure copper and true AWG size or larger.