ACSR

Aluminum Conductor. Steel Reinforced . Bare.

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ACSR-Aluminum Conductor, Steel Reinforced

Specifications

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Codeword Size (AWG or kcmil) (mm2) No. of Strands Nom. OD (mils) (mm) Nominal Total Weight (lbs/1000') (kgs/km)
101162
TURKEY TURKEY
6 AWG 6 AWG
6 6
198 5.04
36 54
101170
SWAN SWAN
4 AWG 4 AWG
6 6
250 6.36
57 85
101196
SPARROW SPARROW
2 AWG 2 AWG
6 6
315 8.02
91 136
101212
ROBIN ROBIN
1 AWG 1 AWG
6 6
354 9.00
115 171
101220
RAVEN RAVEN
1/0 AWG 1/0 AWG
6 6
398 10.11
145 216
101238
QUAIL QUAIL
2/0 AWG 2/0 AWG
6 6
446 11.35
183 272
101246
PIGEON PIGEON
3/0 AWG 3/0 AWG
6 6
501 12.74
230 343
101253
PENGUIN PENGUIN
4/0 AWG 4/0 AWG
6 6
563 14.31
291 433
618294
MAGPIE MAGPIE
20.87 KCMIL 20.87 KCMIL
3 3
250 6.36
38 56
101816
GROUSE GROUSE
80 KCMIL 80 KCMIL
8 8
367 9.32
149 222
101832
MINORCA MINORCA
110.8 KCMIL 110.8 KCMIL
12 12
480 12.20
276 411
101857
GUINEA GUINEA
159 KCMIL 159 KCMIL
12 12
575 14.62
396 590
101873
DORKING DORKING
190.8 KCMIL 190.8 KCMIL
12 12
628 15.95
472 702
101261
WAXWING WAXWING
266.8 KCMIL 266.8 KCMIL
18 18
608 15.46
289 430
621641
OSTRICH OSTRICH
300 KCMIL 300 KCMIL
26 26
680 17.27
412 613
101279
MERLIN MERLIN
336.4 KCMIL 336.4 KCMIL
18 18
683 17.36
365 543
101287
CHICKADEE CHICKADEE
397.5 KCMIL 397.5 KCMIL
18 18
743 18.87
431 641
101295
PELICAN PELICAN
477 KCMIL 477 KCMIL
18 18
814 20.68
517 770
101303
OSPREY OSPREY
556.5 KCMIL 556.5 KCMIL
18 18
879 22.33
603 898
101469
PEACOCK PEACOCK
605 KCMIL 605 KCMIL
24 24
952 24.20
779 1159
101311
KINGBIRD KINGBIRD
636 KCMIL 636 KCMIL
18 18
940 23.88
690 1027
101527
STARLING STARLING
715.5 KCMIL 715.5 KCMIL
26 26
1050 26.69
984 1464
101337
COOT COOT
795 KCMIL 795 KCMIL
36 36
1040 26.42
804 1196
101584
CANARY CANARY
900 KCMIL 900 KCMIL
54 54
1161 29.51
1158 1723
101592
RAIL RAIL
954 KCMIL 954 KCMIL
45 45
1164 29.58
1074 1598
101618
ORTOLAN ORTOLAN
1033.5 KCMIL 1033.5 KCMIL
45 45
1212 30.78
1163 1730
101634
BLUEJAY BLUEJAY
1113 KCMIL 1113 KCMIL
45 45
1258 31.97
1254 1865
101642
BUNTING BUNTING
1192.5 KCMIL 1192.5 KCMIL
45 45
1302 33.08
1342 1998
101659
BITTERN BITTERN
1272 KCMIL 1272 KCMIL
45 45
1344 34.16
1432 2130
101667
DIPPER DIPPER
1351.5 KCMIL 1351.5 KCMIL
45 45
1386 35.21
1521 2264
101675
BOBOLINK BOBOLINK
1431 KCMIL 1431 KCMIL
45 45
1426 36.23
1611 2397
101691
LAPWING LAPWING
1590 KCMIL 1590 KCMIL
45 45
1503 38.20
1790 2664
226043
CHUKAR CHUKAR
1780 KCMIL 1780 KCMIL
84 84
1601 40.69
2072 3084
621024
ROADRUNNER ROADRUNNER
2057 KCMIL 2057 KCMIL
76 76
1700 43.18
2243 3337
194241
BLUEBIRD BLUEBIRD
2156 KCMIL 2156 KCMIL
84 84
1762 44.76
2508 3732
226035
KIWI KIWI
2167 KCMIL 2167 KCMIL
72 72
1735 44.07
2300 3423
611809
THRASHER THRASHER
2312 KCMIL 2312 KCMIL
76 76
1802 45.78
2523 3755
225995
JOREE JOREE
2515 KCMIL 2515 KCMIL
76 76
1879 47.74
2745 4085
620780
2839.8 KCMIL 2839.8 KCMIL
72 72
1986 50.44
3014 4485

Standards & References

Southwire's ACSR bare conductor meets or exceeds the following ASTM specifications:

  • B230 Aluminum 1350-H19 Wire for Electrical Purposes
  • B232 Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum Conductors, Coated-Steel Reinforced (ACSR).
  • B498 Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Steel Core Wire for Use in Overhead Electrical Conductors.
  • B500 Metallic Coated Stranded Steel Core for Use in Overhead Electrical Conductors.

Construction

  • Aluminum 1350-H19 wires, concentrically stranded about a steel core. Standard core wire for ACSR is class A galvanized
  • Class A core stranding is also available in zinc-5% aluminum-mischmetal alloy coating.
  • For aluminum-clad (AW) ACSR, please refer to the ACSR/AW catalog sheet
  • Additional corrosion protection is available through the application of grease to the core or infusion of the complete cable with grease
  • ACSR conductor is also available in non-specular.