Battery Cable Wire Gauge Chart. Part number catalog number awg size stranding minimum wall thickness nominal o d. Battery cable 6 gauge to 4 0 awg. 4 0 364 30 simply refers to a 4 awg cable made with 364 strands of 30 awg wire.
Read on or go straight to the chart at bottom of page. Choose a higher ambient temperature when conductors are expected to pass through.
Battery cable load charts length to load these charts will show length in feet.
Fine stranded stereo wire makes great battery cable giving the best gage wire for proper battery charge. Find the current consumption of the load on the horizontal axis of the chart. Welding cable tends to be large gauge wire so i think the guys that claim welding cable is the very best stuff to use do so because they are comparing very large 2 0 welding cable to a small 2 gauge battery cable. Automotive wire and cable.
