| .79242 | 1,262.00 | .01998530
10 | 31.82 | 10,381 | .99948 | 1,000.50 | .03178460
11 | 40.12 | 8,234.0 | 1.26020 | 793.56 | .05054130
12 | 50.59 | 6,529.9 | 1.58900 | 629.32 | .08036410
13 | 63.79 | 5,178.4 | 2.00370 | 499.06 | .12778800
14 | 80.44 | 4,106.8 | 2.52660 | 395.79 | .20318000
15 | 101.4 | 3,256.7 | 3.18600 | 313.87 | .32307900
16 | 127.9 | 2,582.9 | 4.01760 | 248.90 | .51373700
17 | 161.3 | 2,048.2 | 5.06600 | 197.39 | .81683900
18 | 203.4 | 1,624.3 | 6.38800 | 156.54 | 1.29876400
--------+----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------
CARRYING CAPACITY OF WIRES AND WEIGHT
-----------+-------------------+--------------------+--------------------
| _Weight 1,000 ft. | _Carrying capacity | _Carrying capacity
_B. & S. | Weatherproof | Weatherproof | rubber cov.
Gauge No._ | (Pounds)_ | (Amperes)_ | (Amperes)_
-----------+-------------------+--------------------+--------------------
0000 | 800 | 312 | 175
000 | 666 | 262 | 145
00 | 500 | 220 | 120
0 | 363 | 185 | 100
1 | 313 | 156 | 95
2 | 250 | 131 | 70
3 | 200 | 110 | 60
4 | 144 | 92 | 50
5 | 125 | 77 | 45
6 | 105 | 65 | 35
7 | 87 | 55 | 30
8 | 69 | 46 | 25
10 | 50 | 32 | 20
12 | 31 | 23 | 15
14 | 22 | 16 | 10
16 | 14 | 8 | 5
18 | 11 | 5 | 3
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Since two wires are required for electrical transmission, the above
formula is made simple by co
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