by Scott Fraser
Conversion for German Wire to USA AWG
The numbers associated with wires in the Bentley service manual schematic diagrams are the cross sectional area of the wires in millimeters (mm) squared.
| mm^2 | sq in | AWG | sq in |
| 0.50 | 0.0008 | 20 | 0.0008 |
| 0.85 | 0.0013 | 18 | 0.0013 |
| 1.00 | 0.0016 | 16 | 0.0020 |
| 1.50 | 0.0023 | ||
| 2.00 | 0.0031 | 14 | 0.0032 |
| 2.50 | 0.0039 | ||
| 3.00 | 0.0047 | 12 | 0.0051 |
| 4.00 | 0.0062 | ||
| 5.00 | 0.0078 | 10 | 0.0081 |
| 6.00 | 0.0093 | ||
| 8.00 | 0.0124 | 8 | 0.0130 |
| 10.00 | 0.0155 | ||
| 17.00 | 0.0264 | 6 | 0.0270 |
| 26.00 | 0.0403 | 4 | 0.0420 |
| 34.00 | 0.0527 | 3 | 0.0530 |
| 43.00 | 0.0667 | 2 | 0.0670 |
| 56.00 | 0.0868 | 1 | 0.0870 |
| 70.00 | 0.1085 | 0 | 0.1090 |
| 88.00 | 0.1364 | 00 | 0.1370 |
