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Nominal Size of Conductor |
Number of Wires |
Diameter of Individual Wires (inches) |
Overall Conductor Diameter (inches) |
Lbs. Per 1000 Ft. |
Copper |
Aluminum |
3,000,000 |
169 |
.1332 |
1.998 |
9353 |
2843 |
2,500,000 |
127 |
.1403 |
1.824 |
7794 |
2369 |
2,000,000 |
127 |
.1255 |
1.632 |
6175 |
1877 |
1,750,000 |
127 |
.1174 |
1.526 |
5403 |
1642 |
1,500,000 |
91 |
.1284 |
1.412 |
4631 |
1408 |
1,250,000 |
91 |
.1162 |
1.289 |
3859 |
1173 |
1,000,000 |
61 |
.1280 |
1.152 |
3088 |
938.7 |
900,000 |
61 |
.1215 |
1.094 |
2779 |
844.8 |
800,000 |
61 |
.1145 |
1.031 |
2470 |
750.9 |
795,000 |
61 |
.1142 |
1.028 |
2466 |
749.8 |
750,000 |
61 |
.1109 |
.998 |
2316 |
704.1 |
700,000 |
61 |
.1071 |
.964 |
2161 |
656.9 |
650,000 |
61 |
.1032 |
.929 |
2007 |
610.1 |
600,000 |
61 |
.0992 |
.893 |
1853 |
563.3 |
550,000 |
61 |
.0950 |
.855 |
1698 |
516.2 |
500,000 |
37 |
.1162 |
.813 |
1544 |
469.4 |
450,000 |
37 |
.1103 |
.772 |
1389 |
422.3 |
400,000 |
37 |
.1040 |
.728 |
1235 |
375.5 |
397,500 |
37 |
.1037 |
.726 |
1228 |
373.2 |
350,000 |
37 |
.0973 |
.681 |
1081 |
328.6 |
300,000 |
37 |
.0900 |
.630 |
926.3 |
281.6 |
250,000 |
37 |
.0822 |
.575 |
771.9 |
234.7 |
0000 |
19 |
.1055 |
.528 |
653.3 |
198.6 |
000 |
19 |
.0940 |
.470 |
518.1 |
157.5 |
00 |
19 |
.0837 |
.419 |
410.9 |
124.9 |
0 |
19 |
.0745 |
.373 |
325.8 |
99.04 |
1 |
19 |
.0664 |
.332 |
258.4 |
78.55 |
2 |
7 |
.0974 |
.292 |
204.9 |
62.29 |
3 |
7 |
.0867 |
.260 |
162.5 |
49.40 |
4 |
7 |
.0772 |
.232 |
128.9 |
39.19 |
5 |
7 |
.0688 |
.206 |
102.2 |
31.07 |
6 |
7 |
.0612 |
.184 |
81.05 |
24.64 |
7 |
7 |
.0545 |
.164 |
64.28 |
19.54 |
8 |
7 |
.0486 |
.146 |
50.97 |
15.49 |
9 |
7 |
.0432 |
.130 |
40.42 |
12.29 |
10 |
7 |
.0385 |
.116 |
32.06 |
9.746 |
12 |
7 |
.0305 |
.0915 |
20.16 |
6.129 |
14 |
7 |
.0242 |
.0726 |
12.68 |
3.855 |
16 |
7 |
.0192 |
.0576 |
7.974 |
2.424 |
18 |
7 |
.0152 |
.0456 |
5.015 |
1.525 |
20 |
7 |
.0121 |
.0363 |
3.154 |
.9588 |