XLPE Insulation ABC Cable ACSR Messenger Duplex/Triplex/Quadruplex Aerial Bundle Cable

ASTM overhead ABC cable

1.Introduction 

overhead ABC Cable are overhead power lines using several insulated phase conductors bundled tightly together, usually with a bare neutral conductor. They can improves safety and reliance of electrified wire netting.

2.Construction

Phase conductors are concentrically stranded EC Grade aluminum wires, insulated with either black weather resistant cross linked polyethylene (XLPE) or polyethylene (PE). The conductor insulation is marked with longitudinal ridges for phase       identification.

Neutral messengers are concentrically stranded AAC or 6201 Alloy or ACSR. Neutral messenger can either be bare or insulated, depending on ABC design.

3.Standards

1). B-230 Aluminum Wire, 1350-H19 for Electrical Purposes.

2). B-231 Aluminum Conductors, Concentric-Lay-Stranded.

3). B-232 Aluminum Conductors, Concentric-Lay-Stranded, Coated Steel Reinforced (ACSR).

4). B-399 Concentric-Lay Stranded 6201-T81 Aluminum Alloy Conductors.

5). B498 Zinc-Coated Steel Core Wire for Aluminum Conductors, Steel Reinforced (ACSR).

6). Duplex Aerial Bundled Cable meets or exceeds all applicable requirements of ANSI/ICEA S-76-474

4.Type

Duplex  overhead ABC Cable

Triplex overhead ABC Cable

Quadruplex  overhead ABC Cable