How To Determine What Wire Gauge You Have
Here's a handy chart to help you determine what wire gauge you are holding! A good micrometer will help you measure or you can buy a wire gauge online for a song. ( image for reference below)
The Honda Shadows primarily use 18-24 GA wiring except for a few systems like ignition switch, battery, starter, starter relay. Youll be able to see the difference if you are rewiring your bike.
OH, and NEVER use all one color to rewire. ever!
Example of Wire Gauge Tool
AWG chart
AWG # | Diameter (inch) |
Diameter (mm) |
Area (kcmil) |
Area (mm2) |
---|---|---|---|---|
0000 (4/0) | 0.4600 | 11.6840 | 211.6000 | 107.2193 |
000 (3/0) | 0.4096 | 10.4049 | 167.8064 | 85.0288 |
00 (2/0) | 0.3648 | 9.2658 | 133.0765 | 67.4309 |
0 (1/0) | 0.3249 | 8.2515 | 105.5345 | 53.4751 |
1 | 0.2893 | 7.3481 | 83.6927 | 42.4077 |
2 | 0.2576 | 6.5437 | 66.3713 | 33.6308 |
3 | 0.2294 | 5.8273 | 52.6348 | 26.6705 |
4 | 0.2043 | 5.1894 | 41.7413 | 21.1506 |
5 | 0.1819 | 4.6213 | 33.1024 | 16.7732 |
6 | 0.1620 | 4.1154 | 26.2514 | 13.3018 |
7 | 0.1443 | 3.6649 | 20.8183 | 10.5488 |
8 | 0.1285 | 3.2636 | 16.5097 | 8.3656 |
9 | 0.1144 | 2.9064 | 13.0927 | 6.6342 |
10 | 0.1019 | 2.5882 | 10.3830 | 5.2612 |
11 | 0.0907 | 2.3048 | 8.2341 | 4.1723 |
12 | 0.0808 | 2.0525 | 6.5299 | 3.3088 |
13 | 0.0720 | 1.8278 | 5.1785 | 2.6240 |
14 | 0.0641 | 1.6277 | 4.1067 | 2.0809 |
15 | 0.0571 | 1.4495 | 3.2568 | 1.6502 |
16 | 0.0508 | 1.2908 | 2.5827 | 1.3087 |
17 | 0.0453 | 1.1495 | 2.0482 | 1.0378 |
18 | 0.0403 | 1.0237 | 1.6243 | 0.8230 |
19 | 0.0359 | 0.9116 | 1.2881 | 0.6527 |
20 | 0.0320 | 0.8118 | 1.0215 | 0.5176 |
21 | 0.0285 | 0.7229 | 0.8101 | 0.4105 |
22 | 0.0253 | 0.6438 | 0.6424 | 0.3255 |
23 | 0.0226 | 0.5733 | 0.5095 | 0.2582 |
24 | 0.0201 | 0.5106 | 0.4040 | 0.2047 |
25 | 0.0179 | 0.4547 | 0.3204 | 0.1624 |
26 | 0.0159 | 0.4049 | 0.2541 | 0.1288 |
27 | 0.0142 | 0.3606 | 0.2015 | 0.1021 |
28 | 0.0126 | 0.3211 | 0.1598 | 0.0810 |
29 | 0.0113 | 0.2859 | 0.1267 | 0.0642 |
30 | 0.0100 | 0.2546 | 0.1005 | 0.0509 |
31 | 0.0089 | 0.2268 | 0.0797 | 0.0404 |
32 | 0.0080 | 0.2019 | 0.0632 | 0.0320 |
33 | 0.0071 | 0.1798 | 0.0501 | 0.0254 |
34 | 0.0063 | 0.1601 | 0.0398 | 0.0201 |
35 | 0.0056 | 0.1426 | 0.0315 | 0.0160 |
36 | 0.0050 | 0.1270 | 0.0250 | 0.0127 |
37 | 0.0045 | 0.1131 | 0.0198 | 0.0100 |
38 | 0.0040 | 0.1007 | 0.0157 | 0.0080 |
39 | 0.0035 | 0.0897 | 0.0125 | 0.0063 |
40 | 0.0031 | 0.0799 | 0.0099 | 0.0050 |