Copper conductor type

Solid conductor/solid, advantages: transmission performance, disadvantages: limited flexibility.

Stranded core/flexible, advantages: mechanic flexibilitity, disadvantages: high attenuation.
Measure for the copper section of a cable conductor/comparison table AWG mm2.
AWG | Diameter SOLID | Diameter SOLID | Diameter Equivalent STRANDED | Copper section | Conductance (solid copper) |
AWG | mm | inch | mm | mm² | Ohm/km |
30 | 0,254 | 0,0100 | 7x0,102 | 0,0507 | 338,6 |
29 | 0,287 | 0,0113 |
| 0,0647 | 268,5 |
28 | 0,320 | 0,0126 | 7x0,127 - | 0,0804 | 212,9 |
27 | 0,361 | 0,0142 | 7x0,142 | 0,102 | 168,9 |
26 | 0,404 | 0,0159 | 7x0,160 - | 0,128 | 133,9 |
25 | 0,455 | 0,0179 |
| 0,162 | 106,2 |
24 | 0,515 | 0,0201 | 7x0,203 - | 0,205 | 84,22 |
23 | 0,575 | 0,0226 |
| 0,259 | 66,79 |
22 | 0,643 | 0,0253 | 7x0,254 - | 0,324 | 52,96 |
21 | 0,724 | 0,0285 |
| 0,412 | 42,00 |
20 | 0,813 | 0,0320 | 7x320 - | 0,519 | 33,31 |

| Cable type |
| U/UTP or UTP |
![]() | F/UTP or FTP |
![]() | SF/UTP or SFTP |
![]() | U/FTP or STP |
![]() | F/FTP or FSTP |
![]() | S/FTP or SSTP |