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ASTM F1883-98

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Standard Practice for Selection of Wire and Cable Size in AWG or Metric Units

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1.1 This practice is intended as a guide to shipbuilders, shipowners, and design agents for use in the selection of conductor size for single conductor or multiple conductor cable sizes either in American Wire Gauge (AWG) or metric designations for commercial ship design and construction.

1.2 The comparison chart of electrical conductor sizes shown in Table 1 presents a combined listing of international standard sizes of annealed copper conductors in accordance with AWG (Specification B 8) English units or IEC (IEC 228) metric units.

1.3 As a precautionary caveat, some conductor sizes listed in Table 1 may exceed minimal size requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard, the American Bureau of Shipping, and IEEE STD 45 for specific applications

1.4 The values stated for ampacity and dc resistance are presented as typical values and are provided for information only.


SDO ASTM: ASTM International
Document Number F1883
Publication Date May 10, 1998
Language en - English
Page Count 2
Revision Level 98
Supercedes
Committee F25.10
Publish Date Document Id Type View
June 1, 2020 F1883-20 Revision
May 10, 2003 F1883-03 Revision
May 10, 1998 F1883-98 Revision
May 1, 2013 F1883-03R13 Reaffirmation
May 1, 2008 F1883-03R08 Reaffirmation