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Product Description

Solid or concentric-lay stranded bare copper conductors available in soft, medium-hard, or hard temper. Solid or stranded tin coated copper conductors available in soft temper only.

Application

Used in overhead electrical transmission and distribution for ground electrical systems where high conductivity and flexibility is required. Suitable for numerous other applications.

Specification Data

ASTM B-1 Hard-drawn copper wire
ASTM B-2 Medium-hard-drawn copper wire
ASTM B-3 Soft or annealed copper wire
ASTM B-8 Concentric-lay stranded copper conductors: hard, medium-hard, or soft
ASTM B-33 Tinned soft or annealed copper wire

 

Catalog
Number
Size (AWG) Weight Diameter Complete Cable Hard-Drawn Medium-Hard Drawn Soft-Drawn Allowable Ampacity+
Rated Strength  DC Resistance Ohms/1000 ft. @ 20˚C DC Resistance Ohms/ Km. @ 20˚C Rated Strength  DC Resistance Ohms/1000 ft. @ 20˚C DC Resistance Ohms/ Km. @ 20˚C Rated Strength  DC Resistance Ohms/1000 ft. @ 20˚C DC Resistance Ohms/ Km. @ 20˚C
lbs/ 1000ft kg /km Inches mm lbs. kn lbs. kn lbs. kn
  20 3.1 4.61 0.032 0.81 53.35 0.24 10.56 34.63680 42.62 0.19 10.44 34.24320 31 0.14 10.07 33.0296 11
  18 4.92 7.32 0.04 1.02 85.46 0.38 6.66 21.84480 67.6 0.30 6.61 21.68080 49.1 0.22 6.39 20.9592 16
  16 7.81 11.62 0.051 1.29 135 0.60 4.18 13.71040 106 0.47 4.16 13.64480 62.1 0.28 5.05 16.564 22
  14 12.43 18.50 0.064 1.63 213.5 0.95 2.626 8.61328 166.6 0.74 2.613 8.57064 124.2 0.55 2.525 8.282 32
  12 19.77 29.42 0.081 2.05 336.9 1.50 1.652 5.41856 261.2 1.16 1.643 5.38904 197.5 0.88 1.588 5.20864 41
  10 31.43 46.77 0.102 2.59 529.2 2.35 1.039 3.40792 410.4 1.83 1.033 3.38824 314 1.40 0.999 3.27672 68
  8 49.98 74.37 0.129 3.26 826 3.68 0.653 2.14184 643.9 2.87 0.65 2.13200 479.8 2.14 0.628 2.05984 95
  6 79.46 118.24 0.162 4.11 1280 5.70 0.411 1.34808 1010 4.49 0.409 1.34152 762.9 3.39 0.395 1.2956 125
  4 126.4 188.08 0.204 5.19 1970 8.77 0.258 0.84624 1584 7.05 0.257 0.84296 1213 5.40 0.249 0.81672 170
  3 159.3 237.04 0.229 5.83 2439 10.85 0.205 0.67240 1984 8.83 0.204 0.66912 1530 6.81 0.197 0.64616 195
  2 200.9 298.94 0.258 6.54 3003 13.36 0.163 0.53464 2450 10.90 0.162 0.53136 1929 8.58 0.156 0.51168 225
  1 253.3 376.91 0.289 7.35 3688 16.41 0.129 0.42312 3024 13.46 0.128 0.41984 2432 10.82 0.124 0.40672 260
  1/0  319.4 475.27 0.325 8.25 4518 20.11 0.1022 0.33522 3731 16.60 0.1016 0.33325 2985 13.28 0.09825 0.32226 300
  2/0  402.8 599.37 0.365 9.27 5519 24.56 0.08021 0.26309 4599 20.47 0.0798 0.26174 3763 16.75 0.07793 0.2556104 350
  3/0  507.8 755.61 0.41 10.40 6720 29.90 0.06362 0.20867 5666 25.21 0.0633 0.20762 4744 21.11 0.06182 0.2027696 405
  4/0  640.5 953.06 0.46 11.68 8143 36.24 0.05045 0.16548 6980 31.06 0.05019 0.16462 5983 26.62 0.04901 0.1607528 470