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Stranded Cogger Wire Size Max. Outside Insulation Diameter
REVISION. ECRIECN INFORMATION. TITLE. SHEET No.
EC No. 013
DATE.
DOCUMENT NUMBER CREATED / REVISED BY. CHECKED av. APPROVED BY.
PS-43045
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
REVISION: ECR/ECN INFORMATION: TITLE: PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
MICRO-FIT
DUAL ROW CONNECTORS
SHEET No.
P EC No:
2 of 10
DATE: 2017/10/27
DOCUMENT NUMBER: CREATED / REVISED BY: CHECKED BY: APPROVED BY:
SSOUSEK JBELL FSMITH
TEMPLATE FILENAME: PRODUCT_SPEC[SIZE_A](V.1).DOC
4.2 CURRENT DERATING AND APPLICABLE WIRES
Current is dependent on connector size, contact material, plating, ambient temperature, printed
circuit board characteristics and related factors. Actual current rating is application dependent
and should be evaluated for each application.
Stranded Copper Wire Size Max. Outside Insulation Diameter
18 AWG 1.85 mm (.073 inch)
0.75 mm2 1.85 mm (.073 inch)
20 AWG 1.85 mm (.073 inch)
22 AWG 1.85 mm (.073 inch)
24 AWG 1.85 mm (.073 inch)
26 AWG 1.27 mm (.050 inch)
28 AWG 1.27 mm (.050 inch)
30 AWG 1.27 mm (.050 inch)
CURRENT DERATING REFERENCE INFORMATION
AWG and
Metric
Wire Size
2-circuit 6-circuit 12-circuit 24-circuit
W-W W-B W-W W-B W-W W-B W-W W-B
Amps Amps Amps Amps Amps Amps Amps Amps
18 AWG 7 8.5 6 6.5 5.5 5.5 5 5
20 AWG or
0.75mm2 6.5 7 5 * 5.5 4.5 * 5 * 4 4.5
22 AWG 5.5 * 6 * 4 * 4.5 * 3.5 * 4 * 3 * 3.5
24 AWG 5 5.5 4 * 4.5 3 * 3.5 * 2 * 3
26 AWG 4 4.5 3 * 4 2.5 * 3.5 * 1.5 2.5
28 AWG 3 * 4 * 2 * 3 * 2 * 3 * 1 * 2
30 AWG 3 3.5 2 * 3 2 * 2.5 * 1 1
1) Values are for REFERENCE ONLY.
2) Current deratings are based on not exceeding 30°C Temperature Rise.
3) Testing conducted using tinned stranded copper wire and tin plated terminals.
4) PCB trace design can greatly affect temperature rise results in Wire-to-Board applications.
5) Data is for all circuits powered.
6) * indicates interpolated information.
7) W-W: Wire-to-Wire W-B: Wire-to-Board