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APPLICATIONS
Used for overhead electrical transmission and distribution lines, grounding electrical systems, electrical test equipment and other infrastructure.

CONSTRUCTION
Conductors:
Concentric-lay stranded bare copper conductors available in soft, medium hard, or hard temper. Stranded tin coated copper conductors available in soft temper only.

STANDARDS
  • ASTM B1 - Hard-drawn copper wire
  • ASTM B2 - Medium hard-drawn copper wire
  • ASTM B3 - Soft or annealed copper wire
  • ASTM B8 - Concentric-lay stranded copper conductors: all tempers
  • ASTM B258 - Standard Specification for Standard Nominal Diameters and Cross-Sectional Areas of AWG Sizes of Solid Round Wires Used as Electrical Conductors
  • Federal Specification QQ-W-343 - Wire, Electrical, Copper (Uninsulated)

NOTES
Dimensions and weights are nominal values, subject to standard manufacturing tolerances. Conductor ampacities are in accordance with the NEC, latest edition.



Updated 12/6/2021

Unit of Measure

Specifications

Item #
Soft

N/A 1/0-01BC700

Item #
Medium

N/A 1/0-01BC710

Item #
Hard

N/A 1/0-01BC720

Size AWG
or
KCMIL

N/A 1/0

Number
of
Strands

N/A 7/w

Overall
Diameter

N/A 0.368 Inches

Weight
(lb/1000 ft)

N/A 325.8 Lbs

Breaking
Strength
Soft

N/A 3221 Lbs

Breaking
Strength
Medium

N/A 3705 Lbs

Breaking
Strength
Hard

N/A 4752 Lbs

Allowable
Ampacity

N/A 310 Amps