Bare Strand Copper Wire Parameter
Bare copper wire:
Bare copper wire includes hard drawn solid copper wire, hard drawn stranded wire, annealed solid copper wire, and annealed stranded wire. Hard copper wire is drawn from copper wire under normal pressure and has high conductivity and tensile strength. Annealed copper wire is obtained by heating hard drawn copper wire in a vacuum furnace, which has better flexibility and conductivity than hard drawn wire.
Tin plated copper wire:
Tin plating on the surface of copper wire increases weldability, protects copper conductors from corrosion during PVC or rubber insulation extrusion operations, and prevents insulation rubber from aging.
Normal section | Wries No | Max resistance at 20℃ | Weight | |
mm² | Bare | Coated | kg/km | |
0.5 | 7 | 36 | 36.7 | 5 |
0.75 | 7 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 7.3 |
1 | 7 | 18.1 | 18.2 | 8.8 |
1.5 | 7 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 13.3 |
2.5 | 7 | 7.41 | 7.56 | 24 |
4 | 7 | 4.61 | 4.7 | 35 |
6 | 7 | 3.08 | 3.11 | 51 |
10 | 7 | 1.83 | 1.84 | 89 |
16 | 7 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 138 |
25 | 7 | 0.727 | 0.734 | 220 |
35 | 7 | 0.524 | 0.529 | 309 |
50 | 19 | 0.387 | 0.391 | 409 |
70 | 19 | 0.268 | 0.27 | 609 |
95 | 19 | 0.193 | 0.195 | 818 |
120 | 37 | 0.153 | 0.154 | 1030 |
150 | 37 | 0.124 | 0.126 | 1295 |
185 | 37 | 0.0991 | 0.1 | 1610 |
240 | 37 | 0.754 | 0.0762 | 2120 |
300 | 61 | 0.601 | 0.0607 | 2650 |
400 | 61 | 0.047 | 0.0475 | 3517 |
500 | 61 | 0.0366 | 0.0369 | 4457 |
Description of Bare Strand Copper Wire
Conductor: Stranded and bare copper
Conductor class Class 2 or Class 5 to BS EN60228
Min Installation Temperature 0°C
Max Installation Temperature 60°C
Min working Temperature -15°C
Max working Temperature 70°C
Max conductor temperature 90°C
Max short-circuit Conductor temperature 370°C
Mechanical characteristics
Min. Bending Radius 35mm² up to 400mm²= 6 x OD
Application Of Bare Strand Copper Wire
Soft bare copper conductor cables have annealed copper conductors class 2 or class 5 are recommended for use as neutrals, in-circuit ground connections and machinery and equipment grounding systems. Soft copper may be used for transformer drop leads or other non-tension hook-up jumpers. Hard drawn bare copper conductor may use earth or overheading power line.