Wire Size Conversion Chart

Wire Size
The wiring diagrams in this manual identify wires by their metric wire size. Metric wire sizes indicate cross-sectional area in square millimeter (mm sq.) . The table below lists metric wire sizes and their equivalents in American Wire Gauge (AWG) sizes.

Metric size American Wire Gauge
(mm sq.) (AWG)
0.35 22
0.5 20
0.75 18
1.0 16
1.5 14
2.5 12
4.0 10
6.0 8
16.0 4
25.0 2
35.0 2