CCS, COPPER CLAD STEEL WIRE

APPLICATIONS

Copper Clad steel wire and strand combines the electrical characteristics of copper with the mechanical properties of steel. Often used for buried ground grid systems, overhead ground wire and messenger wire, it can resist mechanical damage during installation, as well as electrical damage during a fault condition. Copper Clad steel has virtually no scrap value, and is extremely difficult to cut with traditional wire and cable cutting tools, greatly reducing the potential of theft.

STANDARDS :

ASTM B193 - Standard Test Method for Resistivity of Electrical Conductor Materials
ASTM B227 - Standard Specification for Hard-Drawn Copperclad Steel Wire
ASTM B228 - Standard Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copperclad Steel Conductors
ASTM B258 - Standard Specification for Standard Nominal Diameters and Cross-Sectional Areas of AWG Sizes of Solid Round
ASTM B910 - Standard Specification for Annealed Copperclad Steel Wire

CONSTRUCTION :

Copper Clad Steel Wire

Generally, the Copper Clad Steel conductor is formed by the following construction:

copper clad steel wire ccs

PARAMETER 1 :

Copper Clad Steel CCS Conductor 30% Conductivity

Conductor		Conductor Size AWG	Overall Dia.		Min. Breaking Loads		Weight		Cross Section Area		I2t	Approx. Short-time Fusing Current at 30 Cycles (kA)	Nominal DC Resistance at 68°F (Ω /KFT)
Conductor			Overall Dia.		Min. Breaking Loads		Weight		Cross Section Area		I2t
Wire No.	AWG		inch	mm	lbf	kN	lbs/kft	kg/km	cmil	mm2	kA2s
1	2	No. 2	0.258	6.54	2276	10.10	184.1	274.04	66368	33.63	30.26	7.78	0.5209
1	4	No. 4	0.204	5.19	1431	6.40	115.8	172.34	41738	21.15	11.97	4.89	0.8283
1	6	No. 6	0.162	4.12	900	4.00	72.8	108.39	26250	13.30	4.73	3.08	1.3169
3	4	3 No. 4	0.440	11.18	4079	18.10	350.2	521.17	125215	63.45	107.73	14.68	0.2761
3	5	3 No. 5	0.392	9.96	3234	14.40	277.6	413.15	99263	50.30	67.70	11.64	0.3483
3	6	3 No. 6	0.349	8.87	2565	11.40	220.2	327.70	78732	39.89	42.59	9.23	0.4391
3	7	3 No. 7	0.311	7.90	2035	9.10	174.7	260.00	62467	31.65	26.81	7.32	0.5534
3	8	3 No. 8	0.277	7.03	1614	7.20	138.5	206.18	49537	25.10	16.86	5.81	0.6979
3	9	3 No. 9	0.247	6.26	1279	5.70	109.8	163.42	39262	19.89	10.59	4.60	0.8805
3	10	3 No. 10	0.220	5.58	1015	4.50	87.1	129.66	31151	15.78	6.67	3.65	1.1098
3	12	3 No. 12	0.174	4.42	638	2.80	54.8	81.52	19586	9.92	2.64	2.30	1.7650
7	4	7 No. 4	0.613	15.57	9017	40.10	818.8	1218.48	292169	148.04	586.53	34.25	0.1183
7	5	7 No. 5	0.546	13.86	7148	31.80	649.1	965.93	231613	117.36	368.59	27.15	0.1493
7	6	7 No. 6	0.486	12.34	5670	25.20	514.8	766.15	183708	93.09	231.89	21.54	0.1882
7	7	7 No. 7	0.433	11.00	4498	20.00	408.5	607.87	145757	73.86	145.98	17.09	0.2372
7	8	7 No. 8	0.386	9.79	3567	15.90	323.9	482.04	115586	58.57	91.80	13.55	0.2991
7	9	7 No. 9	0.343	8.72	2827	12.60	256.7	382.06	91612	46.42	57.67	10.74	0.3774
7	10	7 No. 10	0.306	7.76	2243	10.00	203.7	303.13	72685	36.83	36.30	8.52	0.4756
19	5	19 No. 5	0.910	23.10	19402	86.30	1768.7	2632.20	628665	318.55	2715.55	73.70	0.0550
19	6	19 No. 6	0.810	20.57	15389	68.50	1402.9	2087.77	498636	252.66	1708.39	58.45	0.0693
19	7	19 No. 7	0.722	18.33	12210	54.30	1113.1	1656.48	395627	200.47	1075.46	46.38	0.0874
19	8	19 No. 8	0.643	16.32	9682	43.10	882.7	1313.59	313733	158.97	676.30	36.78	0.1102
19	9	19 No. 9	0.572	14.53	7674	34.10	699.6	1041.13	248660	126.00	424.85	29.15	0.1390

PARAMETER 2 :

Copper Clad Steel CCS Conductor 40% Conductivity

Conductor		Conductor Size AWG	Overall Dia.		Min. Breaking Loads		Weight		Cross Section Area		I2t	Approx. Short-time Fusing Current at 30 Cycles (kA)	Nominal DC Resistance at 68°F (Ω /KFT)
Wire No.	AWG	Conductor Size AWG	inch	mm	lbf	kN	lbs/kft	kg/km	cmil	mm2	kA2s	Approx. Short-time Fusing Current at 30 Cycles (kA)	Nominal DC Resistance at 68°F (Ω /KFT)
1	2	No. 2	0.258	6.54	2023	9.0	186.1	276.94	66368	33.63	40.29	8.98	0.3907
1	4	No. 4	0.204	5.19	1272	5.7	117.0	174.16	41738	21.15	15.94	5.65	0.6212
1	6	No. 6	0.162	4.12	800	3.6	73.6	109.54	26250	13.3	6.30	3.55	0.9877
3	4	3 No. 4	0.44	11.18	3626	16.1	353.9	526.67	125215	63.45	143.43	16.94	0.2087
3	5	3 No. 5	0.392	9.96	2874	12.8	280.5	417.51	99263	50.3	90.13	13.43	0.2633
3	6	3 No. 6	0.349	8.87	2280	10.1	222.5	331.16	78732	39.89	56.70	10.65	0.3319
3	7	3 No. 7	0.311	7.90	1809	8.0	176.6	262.75	62467	31.65	35.70	8.45	0.4184
3	8	3 No. 8	0.277	7.03	1434	6.4	140.0	208.36	49537	25.1	22.45	6.70	0.5276
3	9	3 No. 9	0.247	6.26	1137	5.1	111.0	165.14	39262	19.89	14.10	5.31	0.6657
3	10	3 No. 10	0.22	5.58	902	4.0	88.0	131.02	31151	15.78	8.88	4.21	0.8390
3	12	3 No. 12	0.174	4.42	567	2.5	55.4	82.38	19586	9.92	3.51	2.65	1.3344
7	4	7 No. 4	0.613	15.57	8015	35.7	827.4	1231.34	292169	148.04	780.87	39.52	0.0896
7	5	7 No. 5	0.546	13.86	6354	28.3	655.9	976.13	231613	117.36	490.72	31.33	0.1131
7	6	7 No. 6	0.486	12.34	5040	22.4	520.2	774.23	183708	93.09	308.72	24.85	0.1425
7	7	7 No. 7	0.433	11.00	3998	17.8	412.8	614.29	145757	73.86	194.34	19.72	0.1797
7	8	7 No. 8	0.386	9.79	3171	14.1	327.3	487.13	115586	58.57	122.21	15.63	0.2266
7	9	7 No. 9	0.343	8.72	2513	11.2	259.4	386.09	91612	46.42	76.77	12.39	0.2858
7	10	7 No. 10	0.306	7.76	1994	8.9	205.8	306.33	72685	36.83	48.33	9.83	0.3603
19	5	19 No. 5	0.91	23.10	17246	76.7	1787.4	2659.98	628665	318.55	3615.33	85.03	0.0418
19	6	19 No. 6	0.81	20.57	13679	60.8	1417.7	2109.81	498636	252.66	2274.45	67.45	0.0527
19	7	19 No. 7	0.722	18.33	10853	48.3	1124.8	1673.96	395627	200.47	1431.80	53.51	0.0665
19	8	19 No. 8	0.643	16.32	8606	38.3	892.0	1327.45	313733	158.97	900.39	42.44	0.0838
19	9	19 No. 9	0.572	14.53	6821	30.3	707.0	1052.12	248660	126	565.62	33.63	0.1057
19	-		0.528	13.40	5801	25.8	601.2	894.78	211475	107.16	409.10	28.60	0.1243
19	10	19 No. 10	0.51	12.94	5412	24.1	560.9	834.76	197289	99.97	356.05	26.69	0.1333
7	-	2/0	0.414	10.51	3652	16.2	377.0	561.01	133115	67.45	162.09	18.01	0.1967