CAT 5 internal wire guages? 4

[campyracr]

I need to know the guages of the internal wires in CAT 5 wiring. I thought I'd ask here first.

 

[Bobg1]

24

 

[skip555]

for future refrence

its stamped on the jacket something like 4pr 24awg

its also on the box label

 

[buitenhek]

This may be superfluous, but here are the OD’s also:

American Wire Gauge (AWG) Solid Copper Wire Chart AWG Wire
Size OD inches
3/0 0.4096
2/0 0.3648
1/0 0.3249
1 0.2893
2 0.2576
3 0.2294
4 0.2043
5 0.1819
6 0.1620
7 0.1443
8 0.12850
9 0.11440
10 0.10190
11 0.09074
12 0.08081
13 0.07196
14 0.06408
15 0.05707
16 0.05082
17 0.04526
18 0.04030
19 0.03589
20 0.03196
21 0.02846
22 0.02535
23 0.02257
24 0.02010
25 0.01790
26 0.01584
27 0.01420
28 0.01264
29 0.01126
30 0.01003
31 0.008928
32 0.007950
33 0.007080
34 0.006305
35 0.005615
36 0.005000
37 0.004453
38 0.003965
39 0.003531
40 0.003145
41 0.002800
42 0.002494
43 0.002221
44 0.001978
45 0.001761
46 0.001568
47 0.001397
Since this was gleened from multiple sources, any changes please let me know.
Regards,
Peter

 

[smah]

FWIW, a few more for each end:

4/0 .4600


48 .001244
49 .001108
50 .000986



And I believe 26 should be .01594

 

[campyracr]

Duhh. I should have know.