BARE ACSR

Aluminum Conductors, Steel Reinforced (ACSR)

Applications
Used as bare overhead transmission
and as primary and secondary
distribution cable. It offers optimal
strength to be achieved without
Hard Drawn Aluminum Galvanized Steel Wire sacrificing the ampacity.
Wires (Solid or Stranded)

Specifications Construction
ASTM B - 230 Concentric stranded hard-drawn
ASTM B - 232 aluminum wires with solid galvanized
ASTM B - 498 (zinc coated) steel wire core.

Aluminum Steel Approximate

Overall Cable
Size Aluminum Steel Cable
Code Diameter Diameter diameter ampacity
No. of No. of weight weight weight
name
strand strand
AWG / MCM mm mm mm kg / km kg / km kg / km A

Turkey 6 6 1.68 1 1.68 5.0 37 18 54 100

Swan 4 6 2.12 1 2.12 6.4 58 28 86 140
Sparrow 2 6 2.67 1 2.67 8.0 93 45 137 180
Robin 1 6 3.00 1 3.00 9.0 117 56 173 200
Raven 1/0 6 3.37 1 3.37 10.1 148 71 219 230
Quail 2/0 6 3.78 1 3.78 11.4 186 89 276 270
Pigeon 3/0 6 4.25 1 4.25 12.8 235 112 347 300
Penguin 4/0 6 4.77 1 4.77 14.3 296 142 438 340
Waxwing 226.8 18 3.09 1 3.09 15.5 373 60 432 460
Partridge 226.8 26 2.57 7 2.00 16.3 373 175 548 460
Ostrich 300 26 2.73 7 2.12 17.3 419 196 616 490
Merlin 336.4 18 3.47 1 3.47 17.4 470 75 545 530
Linnet 336.4 26 2.89 7 2.25 18.3 470 220 690 530
Oriole 336.4 30 2.69 7 2.69 18.8 470 316 786 530
Chickadee 397.5 18 3.77 1 3.77 18.9 556 89 644 590
Ibis 397.5 26 3.14 7 2.44 19.9 555 260 815 590
Pelican 477 18 4.14 1 4.14 20.7 667 107 774 670
Hawk 477 26 3.44 7 2.67 21.8 666 312 978 670
Parakeet 556.5 24 3.87 7 2.58 23.2 778 290 1,068 730
Dove 556.5 26 3.72 7 2.89 23.5 778 365 1,143 730
Peacock 605 24 4.03 7 2.69 24.2 846 316 1,162 750
Kingbird 636 18 4.78 1 4.78 23.9 889 142 1,032 770
Grosbeak 636 26 3.97 7 3.09 25.1 889 416 1,305 770
Flamingo 666.6 24 4.23 7 2.82 25.4 932 347 1,280 800
Stilt 715.5 24 4.39 7 2.92 26.3 1,001 373 1,374 830
Tern 795 45 3.38 7 2.25 27.0 1,111 221 1,332 900
Cuckoo 795 24 4.62 7 3.08 27.7 1,111 414 1,526 900
Condor 795 54 3.08 7 3.08 27.8 1,111 414 1,525 900
Drake 795 26 4.44 7 3.45 28.1 1,112 521 1,633 900
Canary 900 54 3.28 7 3.28 29.5 1,258 469 1,727 970
Cardinal 954 54 3.38 7 3.38 30.4 1,338 490 1,827 996
Martin 1351.5 54 4.02 19 2.41 36.2 1,897 678 2,575 1,250
+Diagrams of cables are illustrative only and not necessarily to scale. PDP reserves the right to change or vary the construction of any of their products without notice.
While every care has been taken in the preparation of this data sheet, PDP accept no liability of any kind and are not responsible for the results of any actions taken on
the basis of this information or resulting from errors or omissions. This technical data sheet is intended as a guide only; any person using it must make reference to
the appropriate local standards or authorities.

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