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Title: american cable size
Post by dj-paul-c on Dec 2^nd, 2010, 6:48am

does anyone know the american cable size to brittish cable size

if american reference was
6awg to 18awg

what would this be in brittish cable size i.e 2.5mm to 10mm ??

thanks for the help

Title: Re: american cable size
Post by plugwash on Dec 2^nd, 2010, 7:50am

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_wire_gauge#Table_of_AWG_wire_sizes 6 AWG is 13.3mm² and 18 AWG is 0.823mm²

edit: copypasted a value from the wrong column in the table

Title: Re: american cable size
Post by dj-paul-c on Dec 2^nd, 2010, 10:27pm

thats great

thanks for the help