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7#8ALUMOWELD AluminumCladSteelWire

The document provides specifications for aluminum clad steel wire, which is used primarily as overhead ground wire to protect transmission lines from lightning damage. It highlights the wire's corrosion resistance, strength, and lighter weight compared to solid aluminum wire, leading to lower maintenance costs and improved performance. Additionally, it lists relevant ASTM standards and provides nominal dimensions and resistance values for the wire.

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7#8ALUMOWELD AluminumCladSteelWire

The document provides specifications for aluminum clad steel wire, which is used primarily as overhead ground wire to protect transmission lines from lightning damage. It highlights the wire's corrosion resistance, strength, and lighter weight compared to solid aluminum wire, leading to lower maintenance costs and improved performance. Additionally, it lists relevant ASTM standards and provides nominal dimensions and resistance values for the wire.

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ITEM # 7#8ALUMOWELD, ALUMINUM CLAD STEEL WIRE

APPLICATIONS
Overhead ground wire, shield wire protecting transmission lines against lightning damage.

CONSTRUCTION
Aluminum clad steel wire is used by power utilities as well as formed wire and optical
ground wire manufacturers. Aluminum clad steel wire outlasts other options in corrosive
environments, significantly lowering maintenance and replacement costs. When compared
to solid aluminum wire, aluminum clad steel wire offers tremendous savings.

Aluminum clad steel overhead grounding wire has excellent corrosion resistance. Its
strength and conductivity remain unchanged in any atmosphere where aluminum is
satisfactory, especially those known to be corrosive from industrial or atmospheric
conditions.

This assurance against corrosion is obtained through the application of a thick covering of
pure aluminum which provides a substantial barrier of protective metal. The cladding has a
continuous, strong metallic bond to the steel core that will not crack or flake.

Aluminum clad steel wire also provides strength greater than or equal to other overhead
ground wires. When used in a strand for overhead ground wire, this high strength permits
greater span lengths, less sag and heavier loads under storm loading conditions.

Directly related to strength and sag performance is the lighter weight of aluminum clad steel
wire. Due to its thick cladding of aluminum, aluminum clad steel wire is lighter that a steel
strand of equivalent size. This lighter weight, combined with high strength, permits
aluminum clad steel wire to be installed to the same sags as steel with correspondingly
lower tensions and tower stresses on the towers or supporting structures.

STANDARDS

ASTM A363 - Zinc-Coated (Galvanized) Steel Overhead Ground Wire Strand


ASTM A475 - Zinc-Coated Steel Wire Strand
ASTM A925 - Zinc-5% Aluminum-Mischmetal Alloy-Coated Steel Overhead Ground Wire
Strand
ASTM A855 - Zinc-5% Aluminum-Mischmetal Alloy-Coated Steel Wire Strand
ASTM A640 - Zinc-Coated Steel Strand for Messenger Support of Figure 8 Cable
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NOTES
Dimensions and weights are nominal values, subject to standard manufacturing tolerances.

Specifications
Strands
7
(#)
Size
(AWG
8
or
kcmil)
Nominal
Diameter 0.3850
(in)
Breaking
Strength 15930
(lbf)
Weight
261.8
(lb/1000 ft)
Area
0.09077
(in²)
Resistance
At 20ºF or 68ºF 0.44580 Ω
(ohm/MFT)

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