Wire gauge sizes

16 and 18 AWG is recommended for loads such as Fuel Pumps, Fans and other high current load devices.

20 AWG can be used for solenoids such as Boost Control Valves and VVT actuators

22 and 24 AWG can be used for sensor wiring, 24 AWG does not seal correctly in TYCO Superseal 1.0 connectors.

Copper Wire with plastic (PVC) insulation

AWG	Diameter		Uninsulated turns of wire		Area		Length specific resistance		Ampacity at temperature rating (30° ambient)
	Inch	mm	per "	per cm	kcmil	mm^2	mΩ/m	mΩ/ft	60°	75°	90°
0000 (4/0)	0.4600	11.684	2.17	0.856	212	107	0.1608	0.04901	195	230	260
000 (3/0)	0.4096	10.405	2.44	0.961	168	85.0	0.2028	0.06180	165	200	225
00 (2/0)	0.3648	9.266	2.74	1.08	133	67.4	0.2557	0.07793	145	175	195
0 (1/0)	0.3249	8.251	3.08	1.21	106	53.5	0.3224	0.09827	125	150	170
1	0.2893	7.348	3.46	1.36	83.7	42.4	0.4066	0.1239	110	130	145
2	0.2576	6.544	3.88	1.53	66.4	33.6	0.5127	0.1563	95	115	130
3	0.2294	5.827	4.36	1.72	52.6	26.7	0.6465	0.1970	85	100	115
4	0.2043	5.189	4.89	1.93	41.7	21.2	0.8152	0.2485	70	85	95
6	0.1620	4.115	6.17	2.43	26.3	13.3	1.296	0.3951	55	65	75
8	0.1285	3.264	7.78	3.06	16.5	8.37	2.061	0.6282	40	50	55
10	0.1019	2.588	9.81	3.86	10.4	5.26	3.277	0.9989	30	35	40
12	0.0808	2.053	12.4	4.87	6.53	3.31	5.211	1.588	20	25	30
14	0.0641	1.628	15.6	6.14	4.11	2.08	8.286	2.525	15	20	25
16	0.0508	1.291	19.7	7.75	2.58	1.31	13.17	4.016	12	16	18
18	0.0403	1.024	24.8	9.77	1.62	0.823	20.95	6.385	10	14	16
20	0.0320	0.812	31.3	12.3	1.02	0.518	33.31	10.15	5	11	—
22	0.0253	0.644	39.5	15.5	0.642	0.326	52.96	16.14	3	7	—
24	0.0201	0.511	49.7	19.6	0.404	0.205	84.22	25.67	2.1	3.5	—
26	0.0159	0.405	62.7	24.7	0.254	0.129	133.9	40.81	1.3	2.2	—
28	0.0126	0.321	79.1	31.1	0.160	0.0810	212.9	64.90	0.83	1.4	—
30	0.0100	0.255	99.7	39.3	0.101	0.0509	338.6	103.2	0.52	0.86	—
32	0.00795	0.202	126	49.5	0.0632	0.0320	538.3	164.1	0.32	0.53	—
34	0.00630	0.160	159	62.4	0.0398	0.0201	856.0	260.9	0.18	0.3	—
36	0.0050	0.127	200	78.7	0.0250	0.0127	1361	414.8	—	—	—
38	0.00397	0.101	252	99.3	0.0157	0.00797	2164	659.6	—	—	—
40	0.00314	0.0799	318	125	0.00989	0.00501	3441	1049	—	—	—

AWG	Fusing Current (A)
	~10 s	1 s	32 ms
0000 (4/0)	3.2 kA	33 kA	182 kA
000 (3/0)	2.7 kA	26 kA	144 kA
00 (2/0)	2.3 kA	21 kA	115 kA
0 (1/0)	1.9 kA	16 kA	91 kA
1	1.6 kA	13 kA	72 kA
2	1.3 kA	10.2 kA	57 kA
3	1.1 kA	8.1 kA	45 kA
4	946 A	6.4 kA	36 kA
6	668 A	4.0 kA	23 kA
8	472 A	2.5 kA	14 kA
10	333 A	1.6 kA	8.9 kA
12	235 A	1.0 kA	5.6 kA
14	166 A	633 A	3.5 kA
16	117 A	398 A	2.2 kA
18	83 A	250 A	1.4 kA
20	58.5 A	158 A	882 A
22	41 A	99 A	551 A
24	29 A	62 A	348 A
26	20 A	39 A	218 A
28	14 A	24 A	137 A
30	10 A	15 A	86 A
32	7 A	10 A	54 A
34	5 A	6.1 A	34 A
36	4 A	3.9 A	22 A
38	3 A	2.4 A	14 A
40	1 A	1.5 A	8.5 A