Rope-Lay Stranded Bare Copper

Flexible Bare Copper for Transit Systems

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Construction:

Soft-Drawn (Annealed), Class G or H Rope-Lay-Stranded Bare Copper

Applications and Features:

Flexible stranded bare copper conductors suitable for non-tensioned full feeding jumpers, potential equalizing jumpers, continuity jumpers, structure and pole grounds, hangers and/or droppers and track bonding.

Specifications:

ASTM B3 Soft or Annealed Copper Wire

ASTM B173 Rope-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors Having Concentric-Stranded Members

Table 1 – Weights and Measurements

Stock Number	Cond. Size	Strand Count	Strand Class	Cond. Cmil	Diameter Over Conductor	Approx. Weight	DC Resistance @ 25°C
	AWG/kcmil	No. of Strands		cmil	inch	lb/1000ft	Ω/1000ft
665267	4/0	259	H	211600	0.590	699	0.0533
TBA	250	259	G	250000	0.653	795	0.0451
137891*	350	259	G	350000	0.771	1144	0.0322
665296	500	427	H	500000	0.909	1610	0.0226

All dimensions are nominal and subject to normal manufacturing tolerances

◊ Cable marked with this symbol is a standard stock item

*Tinned Copper per ASTM B33

Revision: 1.000.004

Updated On: Aug. 23, 2023, 10:52 p.m. UTC