From the "Handbook of Electronic Tables and Formulas" for American Wire Gauge:
For chassis wiring (in air, not in a bundle): AWG #29 or larger.
For power transmission: AWG #21 or larger.
For service sizes of 100 amps and less a #8 bare copper conductor is required.
A 100 amp residential service requires a size #8 copper wire, it should be insulated in green.
This answer is taken from the CEC. Table 17 states minimum size of grounding conductors. For a service conductor drawing 400 amps a #3 copper grounding conductor is needed. Also see rules 10-206, 10-700 and 10-812 if you have access to the code book.
No, the resistance of a copper conductor does not vary according to applied voltage. It is constant for a given wire size, and only varies with temperature. Of course, current through a conductor causes it to heat, so current, not voltage, indirectlycauses a change in resistance.
The minimum size wire that can be paralleled together stated in the electrical code book is a #3 copper conductor.
The minimum size equipment grounding conductor required by the NEC for a branch circuit protected by a 50-ampere rated circuit breaker is 10 AWG copper or 8 AWG aluminum.
The equivalent mm2 cross-sectional area of a 5.26 mm2 conductor is a # 10 AWG conductor. A # 10 AWG conductor size is protected by a 30 amp fuse.
Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hertz supply service.CEC states that a #3 bare copper conductor is a common grounding conductor size for a 200 amp service panel and it is the minium size for service raceway and service equipment of 400 amps.
A #14 copper conductor is rated for 15 amps. A #12 copper conductor is rated for 20 amps.
A #1 copper conductor with an insulation rating of 90 degrees C is rated at 145 amps.
Copper has relatively easily available electron as compare to the iron because copper has bigger atomic size than iron which means the shielding effect in copper is more than iron so the electron of copper can conduct heat more easily and efficiently as compare to the electron of the iron which make iron not a good conductor of heat if it is compair to copper.
For a typical use it would be 1/0 (one ought) wire in copper.
The recommended grounding conductor size for a residential electrical system is typically 6 AWG copper wire.
A 2/0 copper conductor with an insulation factor of 90 degrees C is rated at 185 amps. A motor feeder by code has to be 125% greater than the motors full load amperage. Therefore 175 x 125% = 218 amps. A 4/0 copper conductor with an insulation factor of 90 degrees C is rated at 235 amps.
A #14 copper conductor will do very nicely for this type of project.
A # 14 copper conductor will be fine to carry 8 amps at 120 volts. This size conductor is rated at 15 amps.
For service sizes of 100 amps and less a #8 bare copper conductor is required.