March 2010
ALLOWABLE AMPACITIES OF CONDUCTORS RATED 0 THRU 2000 VOLTS Not more than 3 CurrentCarrying Conductors in Raceway/Cable/Earth (86F) Size AWG (Cu) 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1/0 2/0 3/0 4/0 250 300 350 400 500 600 Ampacity mm2 4 6 10 16 25 35 35 50 70 70 95 120 150 150 185 240 300 300 20* 30* 40* 55* 70* 85* 89** 108** 136** 136** 164** 188** 216** 216** 245** 286** 328** 328** 1.980 1.240 0.778 0.491 0.308 0.245 0.194 0.154 0.122 0.097 0.077 0.061 0.054 0.045 0.038 0.033 0.027 0.022 6.500 4.070 2.551 1.608 1.010 0.802 0.634 0.505 0.399 0.317 0.251 0.200 0.175 0.146 0.125 0.108 0.087 0.073 ohm/kFT ohm/km
Table 1
ADJUSTMENT FACTOR FOR MORE THAN 3 CURRENT CARRYING CONDUCTORS Number of Conductors 4-6 7-9 10-20 21-30 31-40 41 and above Table 2
Percentage of Adjustment 80 70 50 45 40 35
CORRECTION FACTORS Ambient Temp C 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 Table 3 F 70-77 78-86 87-95 96-104 105-113 114-122 123-131 X 1.05 1.00 0.94 0.88 0.82 0.75 0.67