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Obviously the cable carries the current, so the cross-sectional area of the copper wire is super-important when you’re trying to size a cable. Hi Ross. Thanks, I’m glad it is helpful. The calculators can only be used when you have Internet reception. However, I’ll do another version in the Free Resources section that will use Microsoft Excel. This way, you’ll be able to use it anywhere. Stay tuned! Cheers, Andrew Reply Say you have a terminal box and want to size the supply cable. Off the terminal box you have a compressor with a maximum current draw of 40 Amps and a fridge with maximum current draw of 10 Amps. gives a cable cross-sectional area of 1.53 sq. mm. This corresponds to a 14 AWG cable in the Cable Size Chart above.

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A 20 amp breaker will happily allow up to 20 amps to pass through it. Yes the breaker will trip eventually, but not until the wire has heated up and started melting. The problem is, most of the AWG sizes they’ve listed don’t match the cross-sectional areas. At least they specify the cross-sectional area I suppose… This brand gives a lot more information, but it’s not too clear. “24 x 0.2mm” means 24 strands of 0.2mm diameter wire. Using the Cable Area Calculator above, this equates to 0.75 sq. mm cross-sectional area, which is actually just under 10% smaller than 18 AWG. So even this isn’t accurate. Cable size terminology in Australia is an absolute shambles. Many auto suppliers have no idea what they’re talking about. We’ll get to this later. The higher the number, the smaller the wire size. For example 20 AWG cable is much smaller than 10 AWG. Voltage drop gets converted to heat in the cable. The lower the voltage drop, the less heat generated.If you’re looking to unravel the mysteries of sizing automotive wiring and you need a simple Cable Size Calculator, then you’ve come to the right place! So use 0.36 volts for smaller cables (6 AWG/16 ISO and smaller) and 0.24 volts for large cables (4 AWG/25 ISO and larger). If you’re trying to figure out what size AWG cable to use for an automotive wiring job, use this Cable Size Calculator.

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Buy cable with an AWG size. This is an American Standard for cable sizes and you’ll likely get the correct cabling for the job. Auto cable like the SCA example above also uses the 5mm cable terminology. But auto cable is referring to the overall diameter, insulation included , not the cross-sectional area. This allows for a 3% voltage drop through the cable, which is acceptable for most automotive wiring jobs (3% of 12 volts = 0.36 volts). It’s a good guide. Thanks Alex! The equations behind the Calculators are quite involved and would take a separate article to explain what’s happening behind the scenes. If you have some AWG cable, but don’t know what it is, use this Calculator to figure out the cross-sectional area. Then use the Cable Size Chart to figure out exactly which AWG cable it is.It totally depends on the application. Use our Cable Size Calculator to find out exactly what you need. Do not rely on suppliers’ specification, as they are generally misleading or completely incorrect. B&S stand for Brown & Sharp Wire Gauge… not Battery & Starter as some automotive wiring suppliers seem to imagine! Now, if we change the cable run to 20 metres, then the cable cross-sectional area needed is 15.3 sq. mm. This corresponds to 16 ISO or 4 AWG cable. Now, there’s a commonly used standard called the ISO Standard. A 5 ISO cable for example, has a cross-sectional area of 5mm 2 (or sq mm). Electricians often refer to it as a 5mm cable.