These cables are produced according to the American standard. This standard, which is also known as Brown & Sharpe wire gauge, includes all cables and different classes used, and each step changes as a logarithmic relationship. In fact, the roots of using this standard go back to the wire and cable production process in the factory. During the stretching and thinning stages of the wire, the wire passes through several molds. AWG numbers are based on the number of dies used during the wire thinning process to the final stage. A higher AWG number means more thinning dies and therefore finer wire. Therefore, unlike metric standards, the larger the AWG standard number, the smaller the wire diameter.
USAGE
It is usually sold in the market of network cables in one of the Cat5e, Cat6 and Cat6a types. The narrow type of these cables benefit from AWG24 or AWG28 in structure, which are mostly 25% smaller than the common diameters in the market. The larger the AWG number, the smaller the outer diameter of the main cable. Thinner cables may limit the length of network cables in terms of vulnerability, but they have many advantages:
Improved air flow in server racks due to the smaller diameter of the network cable
It improves the visibility of the labels installed on the network panels and facilitates the work of the network manager
Makes installation and maintenance easier in crowded racks
Due to the high flexibility of these network cables, routing works especially in the corners become easier for the network.
