General Order 95
Appendix B
Mechanical and Loading Data for Conductor
Table 19 Copper Wire - Stranded and Solid - Double Braid
Weatherproof - Characteristics and Loading
Characteristics of Conductor |
Loading Per Linear Foot of Conductor, Pounds |
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Size of Cable or Wire, Clr. Mils or AWG |
Component Wires(Strands) |
Diameter With Covering Inches *
|
Area Without Covering Square Inch
|
Ultimate Tensile Strength, Pounds |
Light Loading District |
Heavy Loading District |
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Number |
Diameter, Inch |
Hard
Drawn ** |
Medium HardDrawn *** |
Vertical Load, Conductor Only |
Horizontal Load, Wind of8 Lbs per Sq. Ft. on Conductor |
Resultant Load |
Vertical Load, Conductor with 1/2” of Ice |
Horizontal Load, Wind of6 Lbs per Sq. Ft. on Conductor with 1/2” of Ice |
Resultant Load |
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1,000,000 |
61 |
0.1280 |
1.430 |
0.7854 |
45,030 |
37,210 |
3.456 |
0.9534 |
3.585 |
4.6561 |
1.1250 |
4.812 |
750,000 |
61 |
.1109 |
1.195 |
.5890 |
34,090 |
28,272 |
2.635 |
.7967 |
2.753 |
3.6890 |
1.0975 |
3.849 |
500,000 |
37 |
.1162 |
1.081 |
.3927 |
22,510 |
18,726 |
1.765 |
.7207 |
1.906 |
2.7481 |
1.0405 |
2.938 |
350,000 |
19 |
.1357 |
0.867 |
.2749 |
15,590 |
13,024 |
1.248 |
.5780 |
1.375 |
2.0980 |
0.9335 |
2.296 |
250,000 |
19 |
.1147 |
.740 |
.1964 |
11,365 |
9,366 |
0.9070 |
.4934 |
1.032 |
1.6780 |
.8700 |
1.890 |
0000 |
7 |
.1739 |
.685 |
.1662 |
9,154 |
7,772 |
.7450 |
.4567 |
0.874 |
1.4818 |
.8425 |
1.704 |
000 |
7 |
.1548 |
.640 |
.1318 |
7,366 |
6,204 |
.6040 |
.4267 |
.740 |
1.3128 |
.8200 |
1.548 |
00 |
7 |
.1379 |
.560 |
.1045 |
5,925 |
4,952 |
.4820 |
.3734 |
.610 |
1.1411 |
.7800 |
1.382 |
0 |
7 |
.1228 |
.546 |
.0829 |
4,753 |
3,953 |
.3880 |
.3640 |
.532 |
1.0384 |
.7730 |
1.294 |
1 |
7 |
.1093 |
.445 |
.0657 |
3,802 |
3,154 |
.3030 |
.2967 |
.424 |
0.8906 |
.7225 |
1.147 |
2 |
7 |
.0974 |
.415 |
.0521 |
3,042 |
2,517 |
.2460 |
.2767 |
.370 |
.8149 |
.7075 |
1.079 |
4 |
7 |
.0772 |
.344 |
.0328 |
1,940 |
1,604 |
.1550 |
.2293 |
.277 |
.6798 |
.6720 |
0.956 |
4 |
1 |
- |
.337 |
.03278 |
1,970 |
1,642 |
.1535 |
.2247 |
.272 |
.6739 |
.6685 |
.949 |
6 |
1 |
- |
.290 |
.0206 |
1,280 |
1,046 |
.1030 |
.1933 |
.219 |
.5942 |
.6450 |
.877 |
8 |
1 |
- |
.246 |
.01297 |
826 |
667 |
.0680 |
.1640 |
.178 |
.5319 |
.6230 |
.819 |
* Average outside diameter observed commercially.
** Minimum ultimate strengths of ASTM Specifications, B
1 - 39.
*** For stranded conductors, 90% minimum ultimate strength
of ASTM Specifications, B 2 - 39, plus 1/4 of the difference between maximum
and 90% of minimum ASTM values; for solid conductors, minimum ultimate strengths
of ASTM Specifications, B 2 39, plus 1/4 of the difference between minimum
and maximum.