General Conductor Information
dc Resistance
Resistance in Ohms per 1000 feet per conductor at 20°C and 25°C of
solid wire and class B concentric strands copper and aluminum conductor
ANNEALED UNCOATED COPPER
ANNEALED COATED COPPER
ANNEALED ALUMINUM
Conductor
Size, Stranded Stranded
Solid Solid
AWG or Class B Class B
kcmil 20°C 25°C* 20°C 25°C* 20°C 25°C* 20°C 25°C*
CU AL CU AL CU AL CU AL CU CU CU CU
24 25.7000 —... 26.2000 —... —.... —... —.... —... 26.8000 27.3000 —.... —....
22 16.2000 —... 16.5000 —... —.... —... —.... —... 16.9000 17.2000 —.... —....
20 10.1000 —... 10.3000 —... 10.30000 —... 10.50000 —... 10.5000 10.7000 11.00000 11.20000
19 8.0500 —... 8.2100 —... — —... —.... —... 8.3700 8.5300 —.... —....
18 6.3900 —... 6.5100 —... 6.51000 —... 6.64000 —... 6.6400 6.7700 6.92000 7.05000
16 4.0200 —... 4.1000 —... 4.10000 —... 4.18000 —... 4.1800 4.2600 4.35000 4.44000
14 2.5200 4.1400 2.5700 4.220 2.57000 —... 2.62000 —... 2.6200 2.6800 2.68000 2.73000
12 1.5900 2.6000 1.6200 2.660 1.62000 2.65000 1.65000 2.70000 1.6200 1.6800 1.68000 1.72000
10 0.9990 1.6400 1.0200 1.670 1.02000 1.67000 1.04000 1.70000 1.0400 1.0600 1.06000 1.08000
9 0.7920 1.3000 0.8080 1.320 0.80800 1.33000 0.82400 1.35000 0.8160 0.8310 0.84000 0.85700
8 0.6280 1.0300 0.6410 1.050 0.64100 1.05000 0.65400 1.07000 0.6460 0.6590 0.66600 0.67900
7 0.4980 .8170 0.5080 .833 0.51800 .83300 0.51800 0.85000 0.5130 0.5230 0.52800 0.53900
6 0.3950 .6480 0.4030 .661 0.40300 .66100 0.41000 0.67400 0.4070 0.4150 0.41900 0.42700
5 0.3130 .5140 0.3190 .524 0.32000 .52400 0.32600 0.53500 0.3230 0.3290 0.33300 0.33900
4 0.2480 .4070 0.2530 .415 0.25300 .41600 0.25900 0.42400 0.2560 0.2610 0.26400 0.26900
3 0.1970 .3230 0.2010 .330 0.20500 .33000 0.20500 0.33600 0.2030 0.2070 0.20900 0.21300
2 0.1560 .2560 0.1590 .261 0.15900 .26200 0.16200 0.26700 0.1610 0.1640 0.16600 0.16900
1 0.1240 .2030 0.1260 .207 0.12600 .20600 0.12900 0.21100 0.1280 0.1300 0.13100 0.13400
1/0 0.0982 .1610 0.1000 .164 0.10000 .16500 0.10200 0.16800 0.1010 0.1030 0.10400 0.10600
2/0 0.0779 .1280 0.0795 .130 0.07950 .13100 0.08110 0.13300 0.0798 0.0814 0.08270 0.08430
3/0 0.0618 .1010 0.0630 .103 0.06300 .10300 0.06420 0.10500 0.0633 0.0645 0.06560 0.06680
4/0 0.0490 .0803 0.0500 .082 0.05000 .08210 0.05090 0.08360 0.0502 0.0512 0.05150 0.05250
250 —.... —... —.... —... 0.04230 .06950 0.04310 0.07080 —.... —.... 0.04400 0.04490
300 —.... —... —.... —... 0.03530 .05790 0.03600 0.05900 —.... —.... 0.03670 0.03740
350 —.... —... —.... —... 0.03020 .04960 0.03080 0.05050 —.... —.... 0.03140 0.03200
400 —.... —... —.... —... 0.02640 .04340 0.02700 0.04420 —.... —.... 0.02720 0.02780
500 —.... —... —.... —... 0.02120 .03480 0.02160 0.03540 —.... —.... 0.02180 0.02220
600 —.... —... —.... —... 0.01760 .02900 0.01800 0.02950 —.... —.... 0.01840 0.01870
750 —.... —... —.... —... 0.01410 .02320 0.01440 0.02360 —.... —.... 0.01450 0.01480
1000 —.... —... —.... —... 0.01060 .01740 0.01080 0.01770 —.... —.... 0.01090 0.01110
1250 —.... —... —.... —... 0.00846 .01390 0.00863 0.01420 —.... —.... 0.00871 0.00888
1500 —.... —... —.... —... 0.00705 .01160 0.00719 0.01180 —.... —.... 0.00726 0.00740
1750 —.... —... —.... —... 0.00604 .00992 0.00616 0.01010 —.... —.... 0.00622 0.00634
2000 —.... —... —.... —... 0.00529 .00869 0.00539 0.00885 —.... —.... 0.00544 0.00555
2500 —.... —... —.... —... 0.00427 .00702 0.00436 0.00715 —.... —.... 0.00440 0.00448
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