American Wire Gauge - Pronunciation

Pronunciation

AWG is colloquially referred to as gauge and the zeros in large wire sizes are referred to as aught ( /ˈɔːt/). Wire sized 1 AWG is referred to as "one gauge" or "No. 1" wire; similarly, smaller diameters are pronounced "x gauge" or "No. X" wire, where x is the positive integer AWG number. Consecutive AWG wire sizes larger than No. 1 wire are designated by the number of zeros: No. 0, typically written 1/0 and is referred to as 1 "aught" wire No. 00, typically written 2/0 and is referred to as 2 "aught" wire No. 000, typically written 3/0 and is referred to as 3 "aught" wire, and so on.