What gauge wire do I need to run say....um...10-15 watts?
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Wire gauge info
remember, Watts = volts * amps
Wire gauge info
AWG Dia-mils TPI Dia-mm Circ-mils Ohms/Kft Ft/Ohm Ft/Lb Ohms/Lb Lb/Kft Amps MaxAmps
10 101.90 9.8140 2.5881 10383 0.9989 1001.1 31.819 0.0318 31.428 13.844 20.765
11 90.741 11.020 2.3048 8233.9 1.2596 793.93 40.122 0.0505 24.924 10.978 16.468
12 80.807 12.375 2.0525 6529.8 1.5883 629.61 50.593 0.0804 19.765 8.7064 13.060
13 71.961 13.896 1.8278 5178.3 2.0028 499.31 63.797 0.1278 15.675 6.9045 10.357
14 64.083 15.605 1.6277 4106.6 2.5255 395.97 80.447 0.2031 12.431 5.4755 8.2132
15 57.067 17.523 1.4495 3256.7 3.1845 314.02 101.44 0.3230 9.8579 4.3423 6.5134
16 50.820 19.677 1.2908 2582.7 4.0156 249.03 127.91 0.5136 7.8177 3.4436 5.1654
17 45.257 22.096 1.1495 2048.2 5.0636 197.49 161.30 0.8167 6.1997 2.7309 4.0963
18 40.302 24.813 1.0237 1624.3 6.3851 156.62 203.39 1.2986 4.9166 2.1657 3.2485
19 35.890 27.863 0.9116 1288.1 8.0514 124.20 256.47 2.0648 3.8991 1.7175 2.5762
20 31.961 31.288 0.8118 1021.5 10.153 98.496 323.41 3.2832 3.0921 1.3620 2.0430
21 28.462 35.134 0.7229 810.10 12.802 78.111 407.81 5.2205 2.4521 1.0801 1.6202
22 25.346 39.453 0.6438 642.44 16.143 61.945 514.23 8.3009 1.9446 0.8566 1.2849
23 22.572 44.304 0.5733 509.48 20.356 49.125 648.44 13.199 1.5422 0.6793 1.0190
24 20.101 49.750 0.5106 404.03 25.669 38.958 817.66 20.987 1.2230 0.5387 0.8081
25 17.900 55.866 0.4547 320.41 32.368 30.895 1031.1 33.371 0.9699 0.4272 0.6408
26 15.940 62.733 0.4049 254.10 40.815 24.501 1300.1 53.061 0.7692 0.3388 0.5082
27 14.195 70.445 0.3606 201.51 51.467 19.430 1639.4 84.371 0.6100 0.2687 0.4030
28 12.641 79.105 0.3211 159.80 64.898 15.409 2067.3 134.15 0.4837 0.2131 0.3196
29 11.257 88.830 0.2859 126.73 81.835 12.220 2606.8 213.31 0.3836 0.1690 0.2535
Wire gauge info
AWG Dia-mils TPI Dia-mm Circ-mils Ohms/Kft Ft/Ohm Ft/Lb Ohms/Lb Lb/Kft Amps MaxAmps
10 101.90 9.8140 2.5881 10383 0.9989 1001.1 31.819 0.0318 31.428 13.844 20.765
11 90.741 11.020 2.3048 8233.9 1.2596 793.93 40.122 0.0505 24.924 10.978 16.468
12 80.807 12.375 2.0525 6529.8 1.5883 629.61 50.593 0.0804 19.765 8.7064 13.060
13 71.961 13.896 1.8278 5178.3 2.0028 499.31 63.797 0.1278 15.675 6.9045 10.357
14 64.083 15.605 1.6277 4106.6 2.5255 395.97 80.447 0.2031 12.431 5.4755 8.2132
15 57.067 17.523 1.4495 3256.7 3.1845 314.02 101.44 0.3230 9.8579 4.3423 6.5134
16 50.820 19.677 1.2908 2582.7 4.0156 249.03 127.91 0.5136 7.8177 3.4436 5.1654
17 45.257 22.096 1.1495 2048.2 5.0636 197.49 161.30 0.8167 6.1997 2.7309 4.0963
18 40.302 24.813 1.0237 1624.3 6.3851 156.62 203.39 1.2986 4.9166 2.1657 3.2485
19 35.890 27.863 0.9116 1288.1 8.0514 124.20 256.47 2.0648 3.8991 1.7175 2.5762
20 31.961 31.288 0.8118 1021.5 10.153 98.496 323.41 3.2832 3.0921 1.3620 2.0430
21 28.462 35.134 0.7229 810.10 12.802 78.111 407.81 5.2205 2.4521 1.0801 1.6202
22 25.346 39.453 0.6438 642.44 16.143 61.945 514.23 8.3009 1.9446 0.8566 1.2849
23 22.572 44.304 0.5733 509.48 20.356 49.125 648.44 13.199 1.5422 0.6793 1.0190
24 20.101 49.750 0.5106 404.03 25.669 38.958 817.66 20.987 1.2230 0.5387 0.8081
25 17.900 55.866 0.4547 320.41 32.368 30.895 1031.1 33.371 0.9699 0.4272 0.6408
26 15.940 62.733 0.4049 254.10 40.815 24.501 1300.1 53.061 0.7692 0.3388 0.5082
27 14.195 70.445 0.3606 201.51 51.467 19.430 1639.4 84.371 0.6100 0.2687 0.4030
28 12.641 79.105 0.3211 159.80 64.898 15.409 2067.3 134.15 0.4837 0.2131 0.3196
29 11.257 88.830 0.2859 126.73 81.835 12.220 2606.8 213.31 0.3836 0.1690 0.2535
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