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SPECIFICATION FOR
HARD-DRAWN COPPER WIRE FOR
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE PURPOSES
© Copyright 1975
Gr 3 August 1965
IS : 2532 - 1965
Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
HARD-DRAWN COPPER WIRE FOR
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE PURPOSES
Chairman Representing
SHRI V. VENUGOPALAN Central Water & Power Commission (Power
Wing)
Members
SHRI L. C. BANSAL Electrical Manufacturing Co Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI R K. SENGUPTA ( Alternate )
SHRI P. K. BHARUCHA Insurance Association of India, Bombay
SHRI A. C. MODY ( Alternate )
SHRI M. R. BHAT Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Ltd, Bombay
SHRI R. BOWYER Indian Cable Co Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI N. P. GHOSH Inspectorate of Mines ( Ministry of Labour &
Employment )
SHRI H. K. BHATTACHARJEE ( Alternate )
SHRI D. T. GURSAHANI Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals
( Inspection Wing )
SHRI P. L. KAPUR ( Alternate )
SHRI S. K. KANJILAL Railway Board ( Ministry of Railways )
SHRI N. PADMANABHAN ( Alternate )
SHRI H. S. KULKARNI Federation of Electricity Undertakings of India
Ltd, Bombay
SHRI D. M. LAM Directorate General of Posts & Telegraphs
( Ministry of Transport & Communications )
SHRI T. K. SUBRAMANIAN ( Alternate )
SHRI M. R. LODH Devidayal Cable Industries Ltd, Bombay
SHRI KAMAL AGGARWAL ( Alternate )
WG CDR D. J. LAWYER Directorate of Technical Development & Produc-
tion ( Air ) ( Ministry of Defence )
SQN LDR S. B. PURANIK ( Alternate )
SHRI J. LYON Fort Gloster Industries Ltd, Calcutta
SHRI G. P. SAXENA ( Alternate )
SHRI A. J MEHTA Gujarat Electricity Board, Baroda
SHRI J. H. PATEL ( Alternate )
COL M. L. MIDHA Controller General of Inspection & Planning
( Ministry of Defence )
SHRI S. K. MANI ( Alternate )
( Continued on page 2 )
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Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
HARD-DRAWN COPPER WIRE FOR
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE PURPOSES
0. FOREWORD
0.1 This Indian Standard was adopted by the Indian Standards Institution
on 28 April 1965, after the draft finalized by the Conductors and Cables
Sectional Committee had been approved by the Electrotechnical Division
Council.
0.2 This standard has been formulated at the instance of Indian Posts
and Telegraphs Department to cover suitable hard-drawn copper wire
having the requisite electrical and physical properties for telegraph and
telephone purposes.
0.3 These hard-drawn copper wires are covered by Telegraph Wires (Un-
lawful Possession) Act, No. LXXIV of 1950 with all amendments.
1. SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for hard-drawn solid cir-
cular copper conductors for telegraph and telephone purposes.
*Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised ).
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2. TERMINOLOGY
2.0 For the purpose of this specification, the definitions given in IS : 1591-
1960* and the following shall apply.
2.1 Piece — A length of wire without joint or splice of any description in
the finished wire.
2.2 Coil — One piece of wire in the form of a coil.
2.3 Bundle — Two or more coils properly bound together.
2.4 Lot — In any consignment all the pieces of the same diameter and
manufactured under uniform conditions of production at the same place
shall be grouped together to constitute a lot.
2.5 Diameter — The mean of two measurements at right angles taken at
the same cross-section.
3. CONDUCTOR
3.1 Material — The conductor shall consist of hard-drawn, high-conduc-
tivity round copper wires having the electrical and mechanical properties
specified in this standard. The physical constants of the material of the
wire shall conform to IS : 282-1963†.
4. STANDARD SIZES, RESISTANCES AND WEIGHTS OF WIRES
4.1 After drawing, the wires shall have the diameter, resistances and
weights specified in Table 1.
TABLE 1 HARD-DRAWN COPPER WIRES FOR TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE PURPOSES
( Clauses 4.1, 6.1, 9.2.1, 9.3.1.1 and 10.1 )
DIAMETER CALCU- RESISTANCE MINIMUM M I N I - M I N I - STAND-
LATED AT 20°C BREAKING MUM MUM ARD
Stand- Maxi- Mini- AREA ON PER km LOAD T E N - NUMBER WEIG-
ard mum mum STAND- CALCU- SILE OF HT
ARD DIA- Stand- Maxi- LATED AS STRE- TWISTS PER
METER ard mum STAND- NGTH
ARD DIA-
km
METER
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
mm mm mm mm2 ohm ohm kg kg/mm2 kg
2.50 2.53 2.47 4.909 3.615 3.651 230 46.85 25 43.6
2.80 2.33 2.77 6.158 2.879 2.908 280 45.47 20 54.7
3.45 3 48 3.42 9.348 1.896 1.915 420 44.93 30 83.1
6. TOLERANCES
6.1 The permitted tolerance on the diameter of the wire shall conform to
the requirements given in Table 1.
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outside of which a duplicate label shall be attached before being packed
for despatch.
8. SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY
8.1 The number of pieces to be examined from each lot for freedom from
defects (see 5) and for tolerance on sizes (see 6) and the corresponding
criteria for conformity shall be as agreed to between the supplier and the
purchaser.
8.2 From each lot, the number of coils as specified in Table 2 shall be
selected at random. From each of the coils so selected, one test piece of
the required or specified length for Wrapping test (see 9.1), tensile test
(see 9.2) torsion test (see 9.3) and resistance test (see 10), shall be cut
from the ends and subjected to those tests. The test pieces may also be
cut from any part of the coil other than ends in one of the selected coils;
the cut lengths of the coil shall not be welded or otherwise jointed
together. Each cut length shall be wound up into a separate coil and
accepted or rejected as mutually agreed upon at the time of placing the
order.
The length of sample selected for the electrical resistance test shall
be sufficient to give the accuracy required and shall be suitable for the
method of testing employed.
8.3 The lot shall be considered as conforming to the requirements of the
tensile strength and electrical resistance as laid down in this standard if the
mean and the range calculated from the test results for each characteristic
satisfy the conditions given below:
a) ( Mean + 0.6 Range ) shall be less than or equal to the correspond-
ing maximum specified limit.
b) ( Mean — 0.6 Range ) shall be greater than or equal to the corres-
ponding minimum specified limit.
NOTE 1 — Range it the difference between the maximum and the minimum
values of the test results.
NOTE 2 — This ensures that lots containing 0.5 percent or less defective coils
will be accepted most of the time.
8.4 The lot shall be considered as conforming to the requirements of the
wrapping test and torsion test if the number of failures is less than or equal
to the permissible number given in col 3 of Table 2.
9. MECHANICAL TESTS
9.1 Wrapping Test
9.1.1 The wire shall not break when tested by wrapping round a wire
of its own diameter to form a close helix of eight turns and unwrapping
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six turns and closely rewrapping in the same direction as the first
wrapping.
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where
W = weight of test sample in kg/km,
K = standard weight in kg/km, and
C = multiplier constant for correcting to 20°C ( see Table 3 ).
( Continued )
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Base Units
QUANTITY UNIT SYMBOL
Length metre m
Mass kilogram kg
Time second s
Electric current ampere A
Thermodynamic kelvin K
temperature
Luminous intensity candela cd
Amount of substance mole mol
Supplementary Units
QUANTITY UNIT SYMBOL
Plane angle radian rad
Solid angle steradian sr
Derived Units
QUANTITY UNIT SYMBOL DEFINITION
Force newton N 1 N = 1 kg.m/g 2
Energy joule J 1 J = 1 N.m
Power watt W 1 W = l J/s
Flux webes Wb 1 Wb = 1 V.s
Flux density tesla T 1 T = 1 Wb/m 3
Frequency hertz Hz 1 Hz = 1 c/s (s - 1 )
Electric conductance siemens S 1 3 = 1 A/V
Electromotive force volt V 1 V = 1 W/A
Pressure, stress pascal Pa 1 Pa = 1 N/m2
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