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What gauge wire is used in USB cables?

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What gauge wire is used in USB cables?

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USB cable has four conductors, two for power and two for data. The data wires are 28 AWG, the power wires are 20 to 28 AWG. The power cores are un-twisted and the data lines twisted. Longer cables will use 20 AWG for power.

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