Current is measured in amperes or amps.
4 0 bare copper wire ampacity.
Copper neutral supported multiplex overhead service drop.
14 awg 12 awg 10 awg 8 awg 6 awg 4 awg 3 awg 2 awg 1 awg 1 0 awg 2 0 awg 3 0 awg 4 0 awg 250 kcmil 300 kcmil 350 kcmil 400 kcmil 500 kcmil 600 kcmil 700 kcmil 750 kcmil 800 kcmil 900 kcmil.
Ordering strong brand names.
Allowable ampacities of insulated copper conductors rated up to and including 2000 volts 60 c through 90 c 140 f through 194 f not more than three current carrying conductors in raceway cable or earth directly buried based on ambient temperature of 30 c 86 f.
Csa teck 90 non shielded cables.
Or 15 amperes for 12 awg and 25 amoeres for 10 awg aluminum after any correction.
Factors tor ambient temperature and number of conductors have been applied.
240 4 e through g the overcurrent protection shall not exceed 15 amperes for 14 awg 20 amperes for 12 awg and 30 amperes for 10 awg copper.
You must use the correct size wire for the current load requirement of the circuit to prevent the wire from overheating.
Allowable ampacities of conductors in free air.
1 253 3 289 3 83690 3688 0 129 3024 0 128 2432 0 124 260 ampacity based on 75 c conductor temperature.
Suitable for use in electrical grounding systems and on insulators for overhead transmission and distribution applications.
Awg copper wire size table the american wire gauge awg measurement system was designed with a purpose.
The ampacity chart below shows the allowable ampacities of single insulated electrical wire rated up to and including 2000 volts in free air based on ambient air temperature of 30 c 86 f.
This is a handy rule to remember when making rough wire size estimations.
Solid bare copper bare or tinned soft annealed medium hard or hard drawn solid bare copper conductor.
Wire size awg or kcmil.
Usually a general purpose house circuit is designed for 20.
Bare copper conductor view pdf.
Wire ampacity calculator enter the information below to calculate the maximum allowable ampacity for current carrying conductors.
For every three steps in the gauge scale wire area and weight per unit length approximately doubles.