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SCECO MATERIALS STANDARD SPECIFICATION 10-SMSS-6, Rev.2

SPECIFICATION

FOR

BARE, COPPER-CLAD STEEL

GROUNDING CONDUCTOR

AND GROUND ROD

Approved by the Engineering Standards Committee (ESC) on

28 Dhu Al-Hijja 1419 (April 14, 1999)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 SCOPE

2.0 CROSS REFERENCES

3.0 APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS

4.0 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

4.1 General
4.2 Ratings
4.3 Materials
4.4 Fabrication
4.5 Diameter and Permissible Variations
4.6 Reel Design
4.7 Markings

5.0 TESTS

6.0 DATA SCHEDULE

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SCECO MATERIALS STANDARD SPECIFICATION 10-SMSS-6, Rev.2

1.0 SCOPE

This SCECO-East Material Standard Specification (SMSS) specifies the minimum

technical requirements for design, engineering, manufacture, inspection, testing and
performance of Bare Copper-Clad Steel Grounding Conductor and Ground Rod
intended to be used for the grounding of transmission line structures in the system of
Saudi Consolidated Electric Company in the Eastern Province (SCECO-East), Saudi
Arabia.

2.0 CROSS REFERENCES

This Material Standard Specification shall be read in conjunction with the latest
revision of SCECO-East General Specification No. 01-SMSS-01, titled "General
Requirements for All Equipment/Materials" which shall be considered as an integral
part of this SMSS.

This SMSS shall also be read in conjunction with SCECO-East Purchase Order or
Contract Schedules for project, as applicable.

3.0 APPLICABLE CODES AND STANDARDS

No Industry Code and Standard is available covering the materials required in this
specification, so it shall be the Manufacturer's and Vendor's responsibility to be or
become knowledgeable of the requirements of this Specification. However, for the
purpose of testing the following Industry Standard shall be applied.

ASTM B227 Standard Specification for Hard-Drawn Copper-Clad Steel Wire

4.0 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

4.1 General

4.1.1 The bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel grounding conductors
and copper-clad steel ground rods shall be of manufacturer's standard
design and shall meet or exceed the requirements of this Specification
in all respects.

4.1.2 The service conditions referenced in 01-SMSS-01 shall be regarded as

the basis of design criteria.

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4.1.3 Manufacturer's drawings, as required by Section 8.2 of 01-SMSS-01
shall show the outline of the bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel
grounding conductors and copper-clad steel ground rods together with
all pertinent dimensions. Any variations in these dimensions due to
manufacturing tolerances shall be indicated.

4.2 Ratings

4.2.1 The bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel grounding conductor
shall have the ratings shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1

Designation Nominal Cross-Section Average DC Approximate

AWG Diameter Breaking Resistance Fusing
Load at 20°C Current
for 0.5 second
(mm) (Cmils) (kN) (Ohm/km) (kA)
7 NO. 10 7.77 72,680 12.68 1.206 12
7 NO. 9 8.71 91,650 16.30 0.956 15
7 NO. 8 9.78 115,600 20.55 0.759 19
7 NO. 7 11.00 145,700 25.94 0.601 24
7 NO. 6 12.34 183,800 32.64 0.4777 31
7 NO. 5 13.87 231,700 41.20 0.378 38
7 NO. 4 15.57 292,200 52.06 0.300 49
19 NO. 8 16.31 313,700 55.69 0.281 52
19 NO. 7 18.31 395, 500 70.17 0.222 66
19 NO. 6 20.57 498,800 88.74 0.176 83
19 NO. 5 23.11 628,900 111.83 0.140 104

4.2.2 The required diameter and rating of bare dead soft annealed copper-clad
steel grounding conductor shall be specified in Data Schedule of this
specification.

4.2.3 The copper-clad steel ground rod shall have a nominal diameter of
16mm (5/8 inches) and a minimum length of 3 meter. The ground rod
shall be of sectional type equipped with suitable couplings and driving
studs.

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4.3 Materials

4.3.1 The base metal shall be steel made by the open-hearth, basic-oxygen or
electric-furnace process.

4.3.2 The dead soft annealed copper-clad wire shall be composed of a steel
core for electrical purposes, with a substantially uniform and
continuous copper cladding thoroughly bonded to it throughout.

4.3.3 The grade of dead soft annealed copper-clad steel wire shall be 40%
conductivity (Grade 40).

4.3.4 All wires in the grounding conductor shall be of the same grade and
quality.

4.3.5 The ground rods shall have a pure copper covering, permanently joined
to a high-strength steel core. The steel core shall have sufficient
rigidity for easy driving with hammer or mechanical drivers.

4.4 Fabrication

4.4.1 The bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel grounding conductors
shall be constructed in conventional concentric-lay-stranded type.

4.4.2 The bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel grounding conductor
shall have a left-hand lay and the preferred lay is 13.5 times the
diameter of that layer, but the pitch of the strand shall not be less than
10 nor more than 16 times this diameter.

4.4.3 All annealed copper-clad steel wires in the conductor shall lie naturally
in their true positions in the completed conductor. They shall remain in
position when the conductor is cut at any point and shall permit
restranding by hand after being forcibly unraveled at the end of the
conductor.

4.4.4 Joints or splices may be made in the finished individual annealed

copper-clad steel wires composing concentric- lay-stranded conductor
but these splices shall not decrease the strength of the finished
conductor below the average breaking strength specified in this
specification.

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4.4.5 These joints or splices shall not be closer than 15 meters to any other
joint in the same layer in the conductor.

4.4.6 The type of joints or splices in individual annealed copper-clad steel

wires shall be of weld-annealed joints made by electric butt welding.

4.5 Diameter and Permissible Variations

4.5.1 The actual diameter of the bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel
wires forming the conductor shall not vary by more than ±1.5% over
the nominal diameter.

4.5.2 The cross sectional area of the completed conductor shall not be less
than 98% of the area specified. The cross sectional area of a conductor
shall be considered to be the sum of the cross-sectional areas of its
component wires at any section when measured perpendicularly to their
individual axis.

4.5.3 The elongation in 254mm specimen shall not be less than fifteen
percent (15%).

4.5.4 The copper-cladding shall be smooth, continuous and of reasonably

uniform thickness as shown in Table 2 below.

Table 2
Nominal Wire Thickness of Copper
Diameter Cladding
mm (inch) mm (mils)

2.588 (0.1019) 0.1524 (6.0)

3.251 (0.1285) 0.1778 (7.0)

3.665 (0.144) 0.2032 (8.0)

4.115 (0.1620) 0.2540 (10.0)

4.620 (0.1819) 0.2794 (11.0)

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4.5.5 The minimum thickness of copper covering for copper-clad ground rod
shall not be less than 0.25 mm.

4.5.6 The actual diameter of the copper-clad steel rod shall not be less than
14.3 mm (unthreaded).

4.6 Reel Design

4.6.1 Reel shall be of non-returnable wood. Manufacturer's standard reel

sizes shall be used unless specified by SCECO-East.

4.6.2 The length of bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel grounding
conductor per reel shall be 2000 meters with a permissible variation in
length of ±5%.

4.7 Markings

4.7.1 Each end of the bare dead soft annealed copper-clad steel grounding
conductor in the reel shall bear a non-corroding tag identifying the
following:

a. Grade of grounding conductor

b. Diameter/Size of grounding conductor
c. Average Breaking Strength
d. Length of grounding conductor
e. Stranding

4.7.2 Each reel shall be stenciled to show all information under paragraph
4.7.1 plus additional information as follows:

a. Manufacturer's Name and Country of Origin

b. Year of Manufacture
c. Serial Number
d. Size of Reel
e. Gross Weight
f. SCECO-East Purchase Order Number/Contract Number.
g. SCECO-East Material Item Number
h. Consignee Address
i. Direction of Rolling
j. 10-SMSS-6, Rev.2

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4.7.3 All markings shall appear on both sides of the reel.

5.0 TESTS

All test results shall be provided for review and acceptance by SCECO-East.

5.1 Tests for electrical and physical properties of wires composing concentric-lay-
stranded conductors made from annealed copper-clad steel wire shall be made
before stranding. Tests shall be made on lengths of strand with or without wire
joints or splices.

5.2 The routine test shall not be required after stranding.

5.3 The annealed copper-clad steel wire shall withstand without fracture not less
than 20 twists in a length equivalent to 100 times the nominal diameter of the
wire. The specimen shall be twisted by rotating on the wires at a rate of
approximately 15 twists per minute in the same direction until fracture occurs.

5.4 The annealed copper-clad steel wire after twisting to destruction shall not
reveal any seams, pits, slivers or surface imperfections of sufficient magnitude
to indicate inherent defects in the wire. Examination of the wire at the break
shall show no separation of the copper from the steel.

5.5 The electrical conductivity of the wire shall be determined by resistance

measurements. The maximum resistance shall be based on the nominal
diameter of the wire and resistivity value of 0.0475 ohm-mm²/m at 20°C.

5.6 Elongation shall be measured by means of an extensometer suitable for

measuring elongation in 254mm in accordance with the testing requirements
specified in ASTM B227. It shall be attached to the test specimen at a tension
load of approximately l0% of rated strength, and shall be recorded as zero
length.

The elongation shall be observed while applying tension load to the specimen
and the reading shall be taken when fracture occurs. The elongation of the
specimen shall be not less than 15%.

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The tests shall be disregarded, if the fracture occurs in or at the gripping jaws
of the machine and the extensometer shows a reading less than 15 %.

5.7 If upon testing a sample from any reel of wire, the results do not conform to
the tensile requirements prescribed in Table 1 and the elongation of specimen
in Clause 5.6, two additional samples shall be tested and the average of the two
tests shall determine the acceptance or rejection of the reel of wire.

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6.0 DATA SCHEDULE

BARE COPPER-CLAD STEEL GROUNDING CONDUCTOR

AND GROUND ROD

SCECO-East Inquiry No. Date

SCECO-East Purchase Order No. Date

or Contract No.

SCECO-East PTS No./ Project Title with J.O. No.

REFERENCE
SECTION No DESCRIPTION 'A' 'B' 'C'

4.0 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

4.2.2 AWG Size and Nominal Diameter

of Bare Dead Soft Annealed
Copper-Clad Steel
Grounding Conductor (mm)

Nominal Cross-Sectional Area

(mm²)

Average Breaking Load (kN)

D.C. Resistance at 20°C

(Ω/km)

Fusing Current Rating for

0.5 second (kA)

'A' - SCECO-EAST SPECIFIED DATA/PARAMETERS

'B' - BIDDER/SUPPLIER/VENDOR/CONTRACTOR PROPOSED
DATA/PARAMETERS
'C' - REMARKS SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED DEVIATION IN COLUMN 'B'
(*) - DATA/PARAMETER TO BE PROVIDED/PROPOSED BY THE
BIDDER/SUPPLIER/ VENDOR/CONTRACTOR IN COLUMN 'B'

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6.0 DATA SCHEDULE

BARE COPPER-CLAD STEEL GROUNDING CONDUCTOR

AND GROUND ROD

REFERENCE
SECTION No DESCRIPTION 'A' 'B' 'C'

4.2.3 Nominal and Actual Diameters

of Copper-Clad Steel
Ground Rod (mm) *

4.4 Type of Concentric-Lay Stranding *

Direction of Lay *

4.5 Thickness of Copper

Cladding (wire) *

Thickness of Copper
Cladding (rod) *

4.6 Required Total Length of

Grounding Conductor (m)

Length per Reel (m) 2000

Tolerance in Length per Reel ±5%

Type of Reel

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6.0 DATA SCHEDULE

BARE COPPER-CLAD STEEL GROUNDING CONDUCTOR

AND GROUND ROD

A. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION OR FEATURES TO BE SPECIFIED

BY SCECO-EAST

B. ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTARY DATA OR FEATURES PROPOSED BY

BIDDER/VENDOR/SUPPLIER/CONTRACTOR :

C. OTHER PARTICULARS TO BE FILLED UP BY BIDDER/VENDOR/SUPPLIER/

CONTRACTOR :

Actual Manufacturer Vendor/Supplier

of Material/Equipment Contractor

Name of the Company

Location and Office Address

Name and Signature of

Authorized Representative
and Date

Official Seal/Stamp
of the Company

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