Technical Info

AWG/Metric Conversion Table


AWG no.	Wire diam. (mm)	Area (mm²)	AWG no.	Wire diam. (mm)	Area (mm²)	AWG no.	Wire diam. (mm)	Area (mm²)
6/0	14.73	170.30	10	2.59	5.27	25	0.455	0.163
5/0	13.12	135.10	11	2.30	4.15	26	0.405	0.128
4/0	11.68	107.20	12	2.05	3.31	27	0.361	0.102
3/0	10.40	85.00	13	1.83	2.63	28	0.321	0.0804
2/0	9.27	67.50	14	1.63	2.08	29	0.286	0.0646
0	8.25	53.40	15	1.45	1.65	30	0.255	0.0503
1	7.35	42.40	16	1.29	1.31	31	0.227	0.0400
2	6.54	33.60	17	1.15	1.04	32	0.202	0.0320
3	5.83	26.70	18	1.024	0.823	33	0.180	0.0252
4	5.19	21.20	19	0.912	0.653	34	0.160	0.0200
5	4.62	16.80	20	0.812	0.519	35	0.143	0.0161
6	4.11	13.30	21	0.723	0.412	36	0.127	0.0123
7	3.67	10.60	22	0.644	0.325	37	0.113	0.0100
8	3.26	8.35	23	0.573	0.259	38	0.101	0.00795
9	2.91	6.62	24	0.511	0.205	39	0.0897	0.00632

Conversion Factors

To convert	Into	Multiply by	Convers., multip. by
Cubic meters (m³)	Cubic Feet	2.832x10-²	35.31
Cubic millimeters (mm³)	Cubic meters (m³)	10 to rasie to 9:th power	10 to reduce to 9:th power
Kilograms (Kg)	Pounds	2.205	0.4536
Kilograms (Kg)	Grams (g)	10³	10-³
Meters (m)	Millimeters (mm)	10³	10-³
Meters (m)	Centimeters (cm)	10²	10-²
Meters (m)	Decimeters (dm)	10¹	10-¹
Meters (m)	Feet (Ft)	3.281	0.3048
C°	F°	F°=(C° x 9/5) + 32	C°=(F° - 32) x 5/9

Formulas

Formulas

Material Constants

Material	Dielectricity	Permability	Resistivity
	K	(µ)r	Ohm x mm²/m
PVC	4-5
PE	2.3
PTFE/ Teflon	2.0
Supra Foam Skin	1.64
Tin (Sn)		(µ)r>1, approx. equal to 1	11.5
Copper (Cu)		(µ)r>1, approx. equal to 1	1.72
Silver (Ag)		(µ)r>1, approx. equal to 1	1.59
Gold (Au)		(µ)r>1, but approx. equal to 1	2.21
Air/ Vacuum		40µ(PI) in formula: (µ0)

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Connection Configurations

S1. Scart Connector Signals
Pin	Function	Pin	Function
1	Audio Right Out	12	Data 1
2	Audio Right In	13	Red Ground
3	Audio Left Out	14	Data Ground
4	Audio Ground	15	Red
5	Blue Ground	16	RGB Control
6	Audio Left In	17	Video Ground
7	Blue	18	RGB Control Ground
8	Function Select	19	Composite Video Out
9	Green Ground	20	Composite Video In
10	Data 2	21	Safety Ground
11	Green

S2. Scart Connector Signals
Pin	Function	Pin	Function
1	Audio Right Out	12	Data 1
2	Audio Right In	13	Ground
3	Audio Left Out	14	Data Ground
4	Audio Ground	15	Chrominance Video
5	Ground	16
6	Audio Left In	17	Video Ground
7		18
8	Function Select	19	Composite Video Out
9	Ground	20	Luminance Video
10	Data 2	21	Safety Ground
11

S-VHS Connector Signals
Pin	Function	Pin	Function
1	Ground Luminance (Y)	3	Luminance (Y)
2	Ground Chrominance (C)	4	Chrominance (C)

XLR Connector Signals
Pin	Function	Pin	Function
1	Ground	3	Cold
2	Hot

DB-25 Connector Signals
Pin	Function	Pin	Function
1	Left +	14	Left -
2	Center +	15	Center -
3	Right +	16	Right-
4	Sub Woofer +	17	Sub Woofer -
5	Left Surround +	18	Left Surround -
6	Right Surround +	19	Right Surround -
Housing/Ground - Housing/Ground

Wiring Diagrams

Semi-balanced connection with RCA plugs

Balanced connection with XLR plugs