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Equivalent Wire Sizes.

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011454

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Anybody kindly furnish me the standard where I can justify
that equivalent sizes for wire size 4mm2,6mm2, and 10mm2 are respectively AWG#12,AWG#10,AWG#8.
 
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Mike
 
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Hi,

It has been discissed in the electric power engineering under the title of cable sizes posted on July 5, and last reply was July 13. This is the link

thread238-62618
 
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Hi,

You can also find what you want in this section uder the name

european wiring codes

Gabi
 
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Look in the National Electrical Code (NEC), on page 70-625, Table 8, Conductor Properties. For wire sizes from 18 AWG to 4/0 AWG, the area in mm2 is listed.
 
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