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Originally Posted by brp914 View Post
In the Haynes schematic diagrams (which may be copied from factory manuals), a wire may be indicated as 4.0 RD. "RD" ofcourse means red, but what about the "4.0". I used to think it was about amperage, but now I wonder if it is cross section in mm2. Anybody know?
Yes it is mm^2. See the following link for converting back and forth between awg and mm^2

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