250 MCM Covered Line Wire Copper XLPE or PE Insulated Cable
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250 MCM Covered Line Wire Copper XLPE or PE Insulated Cable
Application:
These cables are intended primary for the distribution of electrical energy under normal condition of overhead (aerial) installation and service outdoors. Approved for use on insulators for overhead circuits. Otherwise treated as a bare conductor. PE • Normal: 75 °C • Emergency: 95 °C • Short Circuit: 150 °C XLPE • Normal: 90 °C • Emergency: 130 °C • Short Circuit: 250 °C.
Also Known As:
250 MCM Copper Line Wire, 250 MCM XLPE Insulated Cable, 250 MCM PE Covered Wire, 250 MCM Utility Line Wire, 250 MCM Overhead Covered Conductor, 250 MCM Weatherproof Line Wire, 250 MCM XLPE vs PE Insulation, 250 MCM Electrical Distribution Wire, 250 MCM High Voltage Line Wire, 250 MCM Aerial Covered Cable
Standards:
• ICEA S-70-54 Weather-Resistant Polyolefin Covered Wire and Cable.
• ASTM B1 Hard-Drawn Copper
• ASTM B3 Soft or Annealed Copper Wire.
• ASTM B8 Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors.
Conductor:
Soft annealed, or hard-drawn copper, solid per ASTM B1 or B3, compressed Class B or A stranding, per ASTM B8.
Separator:
A suitable opaque tape, as required.
Insulation:
Black thermoset cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) or thermoplastic high density
polyethylene (HDPE).
Features:
Covered Line Cables meet or exceed all applicable requirements of ICEA S-70-547
Specifications:
• Size: 250 MCM
• Number of Strand: 19
• Covering Thickness (mil): 60
• Cable OD (In) : 0.68
• PE Weight lb/kft: 833
• XLPE Weight lb/kft: 833
• dc Resistance Hard-drawn 25 °C: 0.045
• dc Resistance Soft 25 °C: 0.0431
• Ampacity : 519
