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To ensure safety and uniformity, the electrical code requires certain wires to have a specific color. The color green is strictly reserved for grounding and bonding wires. Equipment grounding wires make sure fuses and circuit breakers will trip open and shut off the flow of electricity if a ground fault occurs.

If you’re looking for wire size for a 90 amp circuit (this can be for a 90 amp 220-volt circuit, breaker, battery output), you will need an AWG with at least 90 amp rated ampacity at 75°C. But they don’t have to. If your local code has rules that differ from the NEC, your local code’s regulations supersede the NEC. Therefore, before you act, take the time to find out what your local code has to say about 8-gauge wires and their corresponding amp rating. Does Material (Copper/Aluminum) Affect Amp Rating? According to NEC, 8-gauge copper wire can handle a maximum of 40-55 amps while 8 gauge aluminum wire can handle a maximum of 30-45 Amps. If you’re looking for wire size for an 80 amp circuit (this can be for an 80 amp 220-volt circuit, breaker, battery output), you will need an AWG with at least 80 amp rated ampacity at 75°C. AWG wire has a rated ampacity of 65 amps. That is a perfect wire size for a 60 amp circuit as you can read here.Wootton, Chris. "On the fence: The history of number 8 wire". Stuff. No.23 May 2018. stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 26 January 2019. AWG gauge wire is rather versatile. You can find anything from 10 gauge stranded wire to 10 gauge electrical wire for home appliances; you can get 10 gauge copper by the foot.

Finding the watts an 8AWG wire can handle is not difficult. To find the wattage, you should multiply the amperage by the voltage. 120V Gauge In the subchapter below, you will find adequate wire sizes for 10 amps, 15 amps, 20 amps, 25 amps, 30 amps, 40 amps, 50 amps, 60 amps, 70 amps, 80 amps, 90 amps, 100 amps, and 200 amps.gauge wire is very frequently used. It’s important to know the diameter and cross-section of this wire; ie. 14 AWG wire to mm and 14 AWG wire to mm2. Area. The cross-sectional area of round wires can be calculated using the formula A= πr2, with r representing half of the diameter. The wire’s cross-sectional area doubles every time it descends three levels (e.g., a six-gauge wire has double the cross-sectional surface area of a nine-gauge wire). You can consult the wire ampacity chart from the 1st Chapter and see that the most appropriate wire size for 80 amps is 4 AWG wire. An 8AWG wire that can withstand 4,800 watts can easily handle appliances and circuits of 500W, 600W, 1000W, and 1200W.

You will find specific subchapters for AWG 4/0, 3/0, 2/0, 1/0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 wires down below the AWG wire size chart, with mm, mm2, and amperage characteristic for every one of them. You can consult the wire ampacity chart from the 1st Chapter and see that the most appropriate wire size for 15 amps is 16 AWG wire. gauge wire can be used for a number of different electrical applications. That’s why we also referred to it as: or 8-3) with Ground (rated for 40 amps); electrical ranges, cooktops, A/C units and large appliances. To answer these questions, we would require these kinds of equations (don’t be alarmed; these just illustrate what kind of complex formulas we are to simplify): Formula for calculating the diameter of an AWG wire (n denotes the AWG gauge number). Formula for calculating the AWG wire gauge number n (R is the ratio of the wire’s diameter to the standard #36 AWG gauge). Formula for calculating the cross-section (Area; An) of an AWG wire (n denotes the AWG gauge number).

In most cases, however, we know how many amps we require for the AWG wire to handle, and want to work out the AWG wire for that amount of amps.