Application
Two types of PVC-covered conductors for Overhead power lines.Type 8 is intended for use only where the operating voltage of the power lines does not exceed 650 V r.m.s.between any two conductors or 250 V r.m.s. between any conductor and earth. Type 16 is intended for use only where the operating voltage of the power line exceeds 650 V r.m.s between any two conductors or 250 V r.m.s. between any conductor and earth, but does not normally exceed 11 kV r.m.s. between conductors or 6.6 kV r.m.s. between any conductor and earth.
Construction
The conductors are stranded, circular compressed or uncompressed aluminum, copper, aluminum-alloy, ACSR etc., concentrically stranded and covered for PVC in black (type 8) and green(type 16).
Specifications
• BS 6485 PVC-Covered Conductors For Overhead Power Lines
• BS EN 50182 Conductors For overhead lines — Round Wire Concentric Lay Stranded Conductors
• BS 215-1 Aluminum Conductors and Aluminum Conductors,Steel-Reinforced —For Overhead Power Transmission Part 1: Aluminum Stranded Conductors
• BS 215-2 Aluminum Conductors and Aluminum Conductors,Steel-Reinforced —For Overhead Power Transmission Part 2: Aluminum Conductors, Steel-Reinforced
• BS 3242 Aluminum Alloy Stranded Conductors For Overhead Power Transmission
• BS 7884 Copper and Copper-Cadmium Stranded Conductors For Overhead Electric Traction and Power Transmission Systems
Parameter
BS 6485,BS 215-1 PVC-Covered Conductors For Overhead Power Lines
BS 6485,BS 7884
BS 6485,BS 215-2
BS 6485,BS 3242
Two types of PVC-covered conductors for Overhead power lines.Type 8 is intended for use only where the operating voltage of the power lines does not exceed 650 V r.m.s.between any two conductors or 250 V r.m.s. between any conductor and earth. Type 16 is intended for use only where the operating voltage of the power line exceeds 650 V r.m.s between any two conductors or 250 V r.m.s. between any conductor and earth, but does not normally exceed 11 kV r.m.s. between conductors or 6.6 kV r.m.s. between any conductor and earth.
Construction
The conductors are stranded, circular compressed or uncompressed aluminum, copper, aluminum-alloy, ACSR etc., concentrically stranded and covered for PVC in black (type 8) and green(type 16).
Specifications
• BS 6485 PVC-Covered Conductors For Overhead Power Lines
• BS EN 50182 Conductors For overhead lines — Round Wire Concentric Lay Stranded Conductors
• BS 215-1 Aluminum Conductors and Aluminum Conductors,Steel-Reinforced —For Overhead Power Transmission Part 1: Aluminum Stranded Conductors
• BS 215-2 Aluminum Conductors and Aluminum Conductors,Steel-Reinforced —For Overhead Power Transmission Part 2: Aluminum Conductors, Steel-Reinforced
• BS 3242 Aluminum Alloy Stranded Conductors For Overhead Power Transmission
• BS 7884 Copper and Copper-Cadmium Stranded Conductors For Overhead Electric Traction and Power Transmission Systems
Parameter
BS 6485,BS 215-1 PVC-Covered Conductors For Overhead Power Lines
| Code Word | Nominal cross-sectional area | Stranding and Wire Diameter | Approximate Overall Diameter of Bare Conductor | Maximum Resistance per kilometre at 20 °C | Approximate Breaking Load | Approximate Overall Diameter of Covered Conductor | Approximate Mass per kilometre of Covered Conductor |
| Type 8 | Type 8 | ||||||
| mm² | mm | mm | Ω | kN | mm | kg/km | |
| AAC/PVC | |||||||
| Midge | 22 | 7/2.06 | 6.18 | 1.227 | 3.99 | 8.2 | 100 |
| Aphis | 25 | 3/3.35 | 7.2 | 1.081 | 4.11 | 9.2 | 133 |
| Gnat | 25 | 7/2.21 | 6.63 | 1.066 | 4.59 | 8.8 | 118 |
| Weevil | 30 | 3/3.66 | 7.9 | 0.9082 | 4.86 | 10.1 | 158 |
| Mosquito | 35 | 7/2.59 | 7.77 | 0.7762 | 6.03 | 10 | 156 |
| Ladybird | 40 | 7/2.79 | 8.37 | 0.6689 | 6.87 | 10.6 | 177 |
| Ant | 50 | 7/3.10 | 9.3 | 0.5419 | 8.28 | 11.7 | 200 |
| Fly | 60 | 7/3.40 | 10.2 | 0.4505 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 249 |
| Bluebottle | 70 | 7/3.66 | 11 | 0.3881 | 11.34 | 13.2 | 285 |
| Earwing | 75 | 7/3.78 | 11.3 | 0.3644 | 11.94 | 13.6 | 302 |
| Grasshopper | 80 | 7/3.91 | 11.7 | 0.3406 | 12.78 | 13.9 | 319 |
| Clegg | 90 | 7/4.17 | 12.5 | 0.2994 | 14.53 | 14.7 | 359 |
| Wasp | 100 | 7/4.39 | 13.17 | 0.2702 | 16 | 16 | 360 |
| Beetle | 100 | 19/2.67 | 13.4 | 0.2704 | 17.42 | 15.6 | 387 |
| Bee | 125 | 7/4.90 | 14.7 | 0.2169 | 19.94 | 16.9 | 482 |
| Cricket | 150 | 7/5.36 | 16.1 | 0.1813 | 23.85 | 18.3 | 567 |
| Hornet | 150 | 19/3.25 | 16.3 | 0.1825 | 27.7 | 18.5 | 538 |
| Caterpillar | 175 | 19/3.53 | 17.7 | 0.1547 | 28.63 | 19.9 | 646 |
| Chafer | 200 | 19/3.78 | 18.9 | 0.1349 | 32.4 | 21.7 | 690 |
| Spider | 225 | 19/3.99 | 20 | 0.1211 | 36.01 | 22.2 | 809 |
| Cockroach | 250 | 19/4.22 | 21.1 | 0.1083 | 40.4 | 23.3 | 900 |
| Butterfly | 300 | 19/4.65 | 23.3 | 0.08916 | 48.7 | 25.5 | 1082 |
| Moth | 350 | 19/5.00 | 25 | 0.07711 | 56.37 | 27.2 | 1241 |
| Drone | 350 | 37/3.58 | 25.1 | 0.07741 | 57.45 | 27.3 | 1222 |
| Locust | 400 | 19/5.36 | 26.8 | 0.0671 | 64.73 | 29 | 1416 |
| Centipede | 400 | 37/3.78 | 26.5 | 0.06944 | 63.1 | 28.7 | 1353 |
| Maybug | 450 | 37/4.09 | 28.6 | 0.05931 | 74.01 | 30.8 | 1573 |
| Scorpion | 500 | 37/4.27 | 29.9 | 0.05441 | 79.98 | 32.1 | 1706 |
| Cicada | 600 | 37/4.65 | 32.6 | 0.04588 | 94.95 | 34.8 | 2010 |
| Tarantula | 750 | 37/5.23 | 36.6 | 0.03627 | 120.1 | 38.8 | 2519 |
BS 6485,BS 7884
| Nominal cross-sectional area | Stranding and Wire Diameter | Approximate Overall Diameter of Bare Conductor | Maximum Resistance per kilometre at 20 °C | Approximate Breaking Load | Approximate Overall Diameter of Covered Conductor | Approximate Mass per kilometre of Covered Conductor | ||
| Type 8 | Type 16 | Type 8 | Type 16 | |||||
| mm² | mm | mm | Ω | kN | mm | mm | kg | kg |
| CU/PVC | ||||||||
| 14 | 7/1.60 | 4.8 | 1.303 | 5.744 | 6.8 | 8.4 | 160 | 190 |
| 16 | 3/2.65 | 5.7 | 1.106 | 6.59 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 180 | 220 |
| 32 | 3/3.75 | 8.06 | 0.552 | 12.71 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 350 | 390 |
| 35 | 7/2.50 | 7.5 | 0.5337 | 14.097 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 360 | 400 |
| 70 | 7/3.55 | 10.65 | 0.2646 | 26.88 | 13.5 | 14.7 | 690 | 750 |
| 100 | 7/4.30 | 12.9 | 0.181 | 37.64 | 15.7 | 16.9 | 990 | 1060 |
| Nominal cross-sectional area | Stranding and Wire Diameter | Approximate Overall Diameter of Bare Conductor | Maximum Resistance per kilometre at 20 °C | Approximate Breaking Load | Approximate Overall Diameter of Covered Conductor | Approximate Mass per kilometre of Covered Conductor |
| Type 16 | Type 16 | |||||
| mm² | mm | mm | Ω | kN | mm | kg |
| COPPER-ALLOY / PVC | ||||||
| 12 | 3/2.30 | 4.95 | 1.78 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 170 |
| 22 | 7/2.00 | 6 | 1.011 | 12.94 | 9.6 | 270 |
| 38 | 7/2.60 | 7.8 | 0.5983 | 21.69 | 11.8 | 430 |
| 75 | 7/3.70 | 11.1 | 0.2954 | 40.23 | 15.1 | 810 |
| 125 | 19/2.90 | 14.5 | 0.1784 | 68.75 | 18.5 | 1310 |
| 150 | 19/3.20 | 16 | 0.1465 | 82.16 | 20 | 1570 |
BS 6485,BS 215-2
| Nominal cross-sectional area | Stranding and Wire Diameter | Approximate Overall Diameter of Bare Conductor | Maximum Resistance per kilometre at 20 °C | Approximate Breaking Load | Approximate Overall Diameter of Covered Conductor | Approximate Mass per kilometre of Covered Conductor | |
| Aluminum | Steel | ||||||
| Type 8 | Type 16 | ||||||
| mm² | No./mm | No./mm | mm | Ω | kN | mm | kg |
| ACSR / PVC | |||||||
| 25 | 6/2.36 | 1/2.36 | 7.08 | 1.093 | 9.61 | 10.7 | 190 |
| 50 | 6/3.35 | 1/3.35 | 10.05 | 0.5426 | 18.35 | 14.1 | 330 |
| 100 | 6/4.72 | 7/1.57 | 14.15 | 0.2733 | 32.7 | 18.2 | 550 |
| 150 | 30/2.59 | 7/2.59 | 18.13 | 0.1828 | 69.2 | 22.2 | 920 |
| 150 | 18/3.35 | 1/3.35 | 16.75 | 0.1815 | 35.7 | 20.8 | 680 |
| 175 | 30/2.79 | 7/2.79 | 19.53 | 0.1576 | 79.8 | 23.6 | 1050 |
| 175 | 18/3.61 | 1/3.61 | 18.05 | 0.1563 | 41.1 | 22.1 | 780 |
| 200 | 30/3.00 | 7/3.00 | 21 | 0.1363 | 92.25 | 25 | 1190 |
| 200 | 18/3.86 | 1/3.86 | 19.3 | 0.1367 | 46.55 | 23.3 | 870 |
BS 6485,BS 3242
| Nominal cross-sectional area | Stranding and Wire Diameter | Approximate Overall Diameter of Bare Conductor | Maximum Resistance per kilometre at 20 °C | Approximate Breaking Load | Approximate Overall Diameter of Covered Conductor | Approximate Mass per kilometre of Covered Conductor |
| Type 16 | Type 16 | |||||
| mm² | mm | mm | Ω | kN | mm | kg |
| AAAC / PVC | ||||||
| 25 | 7/2.34 | 7.02 | 1.094 | 8.44 | 10.6 | 170 |
| 50 | 7/3.30 | 9.9 | 0.5498 | 16.8 | 13.9 | 280 |
| 100 | 7/4.65 | 13.95 | 0.2769 | 33.3 | 18 | 470 |
| 150 | 19/3.48 | 17.4 | 0.183 | 50.65 | 21.4 | 680 |
| 200 | 19/3.76 | 18.8 | 0.1568 | 59.1 | 22.8 | 780 |
