Transcription of Wire Gauge / Gage Conversion Chart
1 wire Gauge / gage Conversion Chart wire Catalog wire Number or B&S Metric (Inches) ( Gauge ) (Inches) (MM) 2 6543 4 5189 6 4115 8 3264 9 2906 10 2588 11 2304 12 2052 14 1628 15 1450 16 1291 17 1150 18 1024 20 8128 21 7239 22 6426 23 5740 24 5106 25 4547 26 4038 28 3200 30 2540 31 2261 32 2032 33 1803 34 1601 35 1422 36 1270 37 1143 38 1016 39 889 40 787 wire Gauges / Gages Arranged In Columns As Follows: AWG= American wire Gauge B&S= Brown & Sharpe SWG= Imperial Standard wire Gauge -(British legal standard) wire Gauge / gage : Values are stated in approximate decimals of an inch excluding the metric numbers.
2 As a number of gauges are in use for various shapes and metals, it is advisable to state the thickness in thousands when specifying in Gauge number. Metric wire Gauge is 10 times the diameter in millimeters.
