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!AWG!!Conductor ø (mm)!!AWG stranding!!Metric stranding!!Max A for wiring!!Maximum A for power!!Examples/ typical uses
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| 34||0.16||||||0.33||0.056||Verowire aka [[Solderable magnet wire|magnet wire]].<ref>[https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/wire-wrapping-tools/1054626 Vero Technologies manual wire wrapping tool 34AWG], RS Components Ltd.</ref>
| 32||0.20||1/32, 7/40, 19/44||1/0.2, 7/0.08||0.53||0.091
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| 3033||0.2518||||1/30, 7/38, 19/42||1/0.25, 7/0.143||0.86073||0.142
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| 2832||0.3220||1/2832, 7/3640, 19/4044||1/0.3152, 7/0.12508||10.453||0.226091||
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| 30||0.25||1/30, 7/38, 19/42||1/0.25, 7/0.1||0.86||0.142||Commonly used size for wire wrap wire.<ref>[https://www.adafruit.com/product/1446 "Wire wrap" thin prototyping & repair wire], Adafruit Industries</ref><br/>Kynar insulated wire for [[matrix board prototyping]].<ref>[https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3956282 Which Solderable bread board / Copper Strip Board?], Mod Wiggler Forum, May 2023</ref>
| 26||0.40||1/26, 7/34, 19/38||1/0.4, 7/0.15, 19/0.1||2.2||0.361
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| 2528||0.4632||1/2528, 7/36, 19/40||141/0.12315, 7/0.125||21.74||0.457226||IDC flat ribbon cable
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| 2426||0.5340||1/2426, 7/3234, 19/3638||1/0.54, '''7/0.2'''15, 19/0.12, 30/0.1||32.52||0.577361||
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| 2325||0.5646||1/2325||14/0.15, 32/0.112||42.7||0.729457||
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| 24||0.53||1/24, 7/32, 19/36||1/0.5, '''7/0.2''', 19/0.12, 30/0.1||3.5||0.577||General purpose hookup wire.<ref name="mfos">[https://musicfromouterspace.com/ Music From Outer Space]</ref><ref name="maplin">Wires and wherefores by Christopher Roper, Maplin-Electronics, Dec 1982, pp. 42-43</ref><br/>Slightly too thin for solderless breadboard wire.<ref name="platt">''Make: More Electronics'' by Charles Platt, Wiring, p.26</ref><br/>One wire from ethernet twisted pair.<ref name="eese">[https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/31675/what-gauge-of-single-strand-wire-works-well-with-breadboards What gauge of single strand wire works well with breadboards?], Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange, May 2012</ref>
| 22||0.64||1/22, 7/30, 19/34||'''1/0.6''', 7/0.25, 19/0.15, 30/0.12||7||0.92
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| 2123||0.7256||141/3623||1314/0.215, 5532/0.1||94.7||10.2729||General purpose hookup wire.<ref name="mfos"/><ref name="maplin"/><br/>
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| 22||0.64||1/22, 7/30, 19/34||'''1/0.6''', 7/0.25, 19/0.15, 30/0.12||7||0.92||General purpose hookup wire.<ref name="mfos"/><ref name="maplin"/><br/>Single core, ideal for solderless breadboard wire.<ref name="platt"/><br/>{{sfrac|1|4}}W resistor lead.<ref name="eese"/><br/>Low current PC wires.
| 20||0.81||1/20, 7/28, 19/32||'''16/0.2''', 44/0.12||11||1.5
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| 1821||0.9872||1/18, 19/30, 3314/3236||19/0.25, '''2413/0.2''', 9655/0.1||169||1.2.3||
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| 20||0.81||1/20, 7/28, 19/32||'''16/0.2''', 44/0.12||11||1.5||Hookup wire for higher current.<ref name="maplin"/><br/>Slightly too thick for solderless breadboard wire.<ref name="platt"/>
| 16||1.30||7/24, 19/29||19/0.3||22||3.7
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| 18||0.98||1/18, 19/30, 33/32||19/0.25, '''24/0.2''', 96/0.1||16||2.3||ATX PSU to motherboard.<ref>[https://edc.intel.com/content/www/us/en/design/ipla/software-development-platforms/client/platforms/alder-lake-desktop/atx-version-3-0-multi-rail-desktop-platform-power-supply-design-guide/2.1a/main-power-connector-required/ ATX version 3 multi rail desktop platform power supply], Intel</ref>
| 14||1.63||19/27, 73/32||28/0.3||32||5.9
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| 16||1.30||7/24, 19/29||19/0.3||22||3.7||Loudspeaker cable.<ref name="icp">[https://infinity-cable-products.com/blogs/compare/best-gauge-for-speaker-wire Best gauge for speaker wire], Infinity Cable Products</ref>
| 13||1.78||35/28||50/0.25, 140/0.15||35||7.4
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| 1114||21.2663||||5619/0.327, 51273/32||28/0.13||4732||125.9||Loudspeaker cable.<ref name="icp"/>
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| 13||1.78||35/28||50/0.25, 140/0.15||35||7.4||Loudspeaker cable.<ref name="icp"/>
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