Bare Copper Conductor

Overview Specifications

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETER

Overview

DESCRIPTION

Plain bare soft drawn Copper conductors
Plain bare hard drawn Copper conductors

APPLICATION

Used for overhead electrical distribution lines, grounding electrical substations, electrical test equipment and any other electrical system, Suitable for numerous other applications.

STANDARD

BS 7884, IEC 60228, ASTM B1, ASTM B2, ASTM B3, ASTM B8

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CABLE DATASHEET

N/A

BS 7884, IEC 60228, ASTM B1, ASTM B2, ASTM B3, ASTM B8

DISTRIBUTION LINE
SUBSTATION
ELECTRICAL TEST EQUIPMENT

N/A

Specifications

ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE

N/A

STANDARD

BS 7884, IEC 60228, ASTM B1, ASTM B2, ASTM B3, ASTM B8

APPLICATION

DISTRIBUTION LINE
SUBSTATION
ELECTRICAL TEST EQUIPMENT

CORE IDENTIFICATION

N/A

CHEMICAL PERFORMANCE

N/A

MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE

FIRE PERFORMANCE

Refer to relative standards

THERMINAL PERFORMANCE

N/A

Other Properties

APPROVALS

N/A

INSTALLATION CONDITIONS

Open air

CABLE MARKING

N/A

PACKAGING

BY WOODEN OR STEEL-WOODEN OR FULL STEEL REEL/DRUM

CONSTRUCTION

1. Conductor

Bare copper wire

Generally, the Bare Copper Conductor is formed by the following construction:

PARAMETER

BS 7884

ASTM-SOLID

ASTM-CLASS "A"

ASTM-CLASS "B"

Nominal Cross Section Area	No./Nominal Dia. of Wire	Approx. Overall Dia.	Approx. weight	Nominal DC Resistance at 20°C		Nominal Breaking Load



				Nominal	Max.
mm2	No./mm	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	Ω/km	N
10	7/1.35	4.05	89.82	1.7880	1.8290	3752
14	7/1.60	4.80	126.2	1.2730	1.3030	5267
16	3/2.65	5.70	148.3	1.0820	1.1060	6194
16	7/1.70	5.10	142.4	1.1280	1.1540	5946
25	7/2.10	6.30	217.3	0.7391	0.7563	9073
32	3/3.75	8.06	296.9	0.5405	0.5520	12400
32	7/2.46	7.38	298.2	0.5386	0.5497	12442
35	7/2.50	7.50	308.0	0.5215	0.5337	12860
50	7/3.00	9.00	443.5	0.3622	0.3706	18520
50	19/1.80	9.00	435.8	0.3727	0.3819	17700
70	7/3.55	10.65	621.1	0.2586	0.2646	25930
70	19/2.10	10.50	593.2	0.2738	0.2806	24090
95	19/2.50	12.50	840.7	0.1932	0.1980	34140
100	7/4.30	12.90	911.2	0.1763	0.1810	36540
120	19/2.80	14.00	1055	0.1540	0.1578	42830
125	19/2.90	14.50	1131	0.1436	0.1471	45940
150	19/3.20	16.00	1377	0.1180	0.1208	55940
150	37/2.25	15.75	1334	0.1233	0.1264	53880
185	19/3.55	17.75	1695	0.09582	0.09815	68860
185	37/2.50	17.50	1647	0.09981	0.1024	66490

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Size	Nominal Cross Section Area		Approx. Overall Dia.	Approx. Weight	Nominal DC Resistance at 20°C	Nominal Breaking Load


AWG	Cmils	mm2	mm	kg/km	Ω/km	kN
1	83690	42.4	7.35	377.0	0.423	16.3
2	66360	33.6	6.54	299.0	0.533	13.3
4	41740	21.2	5.19	188.0	0.848	8.8
6	26240	13.3	4.12	118.0	1.349	5.7
8	16510	8.4	3.26	74.0	2.143	3.7
10	10380	5.3	2.59	47.0	3.409	2.3
12	6530	3.3	2.05	29.0	5.419	1.5
14	4110	2.1	1.63	19.0	8.610	0.9
16	2580	1.3	1.29	12.0	13.715	0.6
18	1620	0.8	1.02	7.0	21.843	0.4

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Size	Nominal Cross Section Area		No./Nominal Dia. of Wire	Approx. Overall Dia.	Approx. Weight	Nominal Breaking Load	Nominal DC Resistance at 20°C


AWG	Cmils	mm2	No./mm	mm	kg/km	kN	Ω/km
4	41740	21.1	7/1.96	5.88	192.0	9.6	0.8650
2	66360	33.6	7/2.47	7.42	305.0	14.9	0.5440
1/0	105600	53.5	7/3.12	9.36	485.0	23.5	0.3420
2/0	133100	67.4	7/3.50	10.50	611.0	29.3	0.2710
4/0	211600	107.2	7/4.42	13.20	972.0	45.0	0.1710
250	250000	126.7	19/2.91	14.60	1149.0	56.4	0.1440
300	300000	152.0	19/3.19	16.00	1379.0	66.9	0.1200
350	350000	177.3	19/3.45	17.20	1609.0	77.1	0.1030
400	400000	202.7	19/3.69	18.40	1838.0	87.0	0.0900
500	500000	253.4	37/2.95	20.70	2298.0	111.5	0.0720
600	600000	304.0	37/3.23	22.60	2758.0	133.8	0.0600
700	700000	354.7	61/2.72	24.50	3216.0	157.8	0.0520
750	750000	380.0	61/2.82	25.30	3447.0	169.1	0.0480
800	800000	405.4	61/2.91	26.20	3676.0	178.4	0.0450
900	900000	456.0	61/3.09	27.80	4136.0	200.6	0.0400
1000	1000000	506.7	61/3.25	29.30	4596.0	223.0	0.0360

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Size	Nominal Cross Section Area		No./Nominal Dia. of Wire	Approximate Overal Dia.	Approx. Weight	Nominal Breaking Load	Nominal DC Resistance at 20°C


AWG	Cmils	mm2	No./mm	mm	Kg/km	kN	Ω/km
6	26240	13.3	7/1.56	4.67	121.0	6.0	1.3800
4	41740	21.1	7/1.96	5.88	192.0	9.6	0.8650
2	66360	33.6	7/2.47	7.42	305.0	14.9	0.5440
1/0	105600	53.5	19/1.89	9.47	485.0	24.3	0.3420
2/0	133100	67.4	19/2.13	10.60	611.0	30.3	0.2710
4/0	211600	107.2	19/2.68	13.40	972.0	47.7	0.1710
250	250000	126.7	37/2.09	14.60	1149.0	57.0	0.1440
300	300000	152.0	37/2.29	16.00	1379.0	68.4	0.1200
350	350000	177.3	37/2.47	17.30	1609.0	78.9	0.1030
400	400000	202.7	37/2.64	18.50	1838.0	90.2	0.0900
500	500000	253.4	37/2.95	20.70	2298.0	111.5	0.0720
600	600000	304.0	61/2.52	22.70	2758.0	135.3	0.0600
700	700000	354.7	61/2.72	24.50	3216.0	157.8	0.0520
750	750000	380.0	61/2.82	25.30	3447.0	169.1	0.0480
800	800000	405.4	61/2.91	26.20	3676.0	178.4	0.0450
900	900000	456.0	61/3.09	27.80	4136.0	200.6	0.0400
1000	1000000	506.7	61/3.25	29.30	4596.0	223.0	0.0360

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BARE COPPER CONDUCTOR