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1 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors AAC - All aluminium conductor - AS1531. Metric Imperial Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Sectional Minimum Code Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Area Breaking Code Name Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 Load kN Name Stranding Inches Gemini 7 Bug 7/064 Jupiter 7 Locust 7/093 Leo 7 - - - Leonids 7 - - - Libra 7 Grub 7/118 Mars 7 - 7/144 Mercury 7 110 Wasp 7/173 Moon 7 122 - 7/186 Neptune 19 154 Hornet 19/128 Orion 19 180 - - - Pluto 19 206 Chafer 19/149 Saturn 37 256 Cockroach 19/166 Sirius 37 301 - - - Taurus 19 331 Butterfly 19/183 Triton 37 400 Centipede 37/149 Uranus 61 495 Scorpion 37/168 Ursula 61 574 - - - Venus 61 659 Cicada 37/183 Virgo 91 1410 1447 207 - - - Reference Tables 17-2 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors AAAC - All aluminium Alloy conductor - AS1531. Metric Imperial Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Sectional Minimum Code Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Area Breaking Code Name Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 Load kN Name Stranding Inches Agate 7 Bug 7/064 Amethyst 7 Locust 7/093 Diamond 7 - - - Dolomite 7 - - - Emerald 7 Grub 7/118 Garnet 7 - 7/144 Jade 7 Wasp 7/173 Jasper 7 106 - 7/186 Opal 19 134 Hornet 19/128 Patronite 19 155 - - - Pearl 19 178 Chafer 19/149 Ruby 37 221 Cockroach 19/166 Ruthenium 37 260 - - - Rutile 19 285 Butterfly 19/183 Sapphire 37 345 115 Centipede 37/149 Spinel 61 427 135 Scorpion 37/168 Tantalum 61 495 156 - - - Topaz 61 568 179 Cicada 37/183 Zircon 91 1220 1447 384 - - - Reference Tables 17-3.

2 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors AAAC 1120 - All aluminium Alloy conductor - AS1531. Metric Imperial Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Sectional Minimum Code Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Area Breaking Code Name Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 Load kN Name Stranding Inches Argon 7 16 4 Bug 7 Boron 7 Locust 7 Chlorine 7 - - - Chromium 7 - - - Fluorine 7 Grub 7 Helium 7 Blue-Bottle 7 Hydrogen 7 106 Wasp 7 Iodine 7 118 - 7 Krypton 19 150 Hornet 19 Lutetium 19 173 - - - Neon 19 199 Chafer 19 Nitrogen 37 248 Cockroach 19 Nobelium 37 291 - - - Oxygen 19 320 Butterfly 19 Phosphorus 37 387 Centipede 37 Selenium 61 478 114 Scorpion 37 Silicon 61 555 127 - - Sulfur 61 636 145 Cicada 37 Xenon 91 1360 1447 300 - - - Reference Tables 17-4 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors ACSR/GZ - aluminium conductor (Galvanised) Steel Reinforced - AS3607. Metric Imperial Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Sectional Minimum Code Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Area Breaking Code Name Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 Load kN Name Stranding Inches Almond 6/1 Gopher 6/1/093 Apple 6/1 Ferret 40549 Banana 6/1 Mink 6/1/144 Cherry 6 + 7 105 Dog 6/186 + 7/062 Grape 30/7 144 Wolf 30/7/102 Lemon 30/7 207 Panther 30/7/118 Lime 30/7 282 121 Bear 30/7/132 Mango 54/7 373 118 Bison 54/7/11 Orange 54/7 438 137 Brolga 54/7/129 Olive 54/7 508 159 Moose 54/7/139 Paw Paw 54 + 19 583 179 Finch 54/143 + 19/086 Peach 54 + 19 936 1078 284 - - - EXTRA HIGH STRENGTH.

3 Quince 3/4 - - - Raisin 3/4 - - - Sultana 4/3 - - - Walnut 4/3 - - - Reference Tables 17-5. Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors ACSR/AZ - aluminium conductor (Aluminised) Steel Reinforced - AS3607. Overall Calculated Diameter Equivalent Calculated Code Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Area Sectional Area Minimum Breaking Name Diameter mm mm mm2 mm2 Load kN. Barley 6/1 Bean 6/1 Cabbage 6/1/3/75 Carrot 6 + 7 105 Corn 30/7 144 Garlic 30/7 207 Millet 30/7 282 116. Oats 54/7 373 115. Onon 54/7 438 132. Parsnip 54/7 508 153. Potato 54 + 19 583 177. Rice 54 + 19 936 1078 277. Reference Tables 17-6 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors ACSR/AC - aluminium conductor ( aluminium Clad) Steel Reinforced - AS3607. Overall Calculated Diameter Equivalent Calculated Code Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Area Sectional Area Minimum Breaking Name Diameter mm mm mm2 mm2 Load kN. Angling 6/1 Archery 6/1 Baseball 6/1 Bowls 6 +7 109 Cricket 30/7 155 Darts 30/7 224 Diving 30/7 305 121.

4 Golf 54/7 390 119. Gymnastics 54/7 457 138. Hurdles 54/7 530 159. Lacrosse 54 +19 608 181. Rugby 54 +19 976 1078 287. EXTRA HIGH STRENGTH. Skating 3/4 Soccer 3/4 Swimming 4/3 Tennis 4/3 Reference Tables 17-7. Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors SC/GZ - Steel conductor / Galvanised - AS1222. Metric Imperial Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Minimum Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Sectional Area Breaking Load Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 kN Stranding Inches 3 3/.080 3 3/.104 7/.064 7 7/.080 7 7/.104 7 7/.128 7 7/.144 19 19/.080 7/.160 19 19/.104 19 19/.128 Australian Standard Metric Conductors SC/AC - Steel conductor / aluminium Clad - AS1222. Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Minimum Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Sectional Area Breaking Load Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 kN. Reference Tables 3 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 19 19 19 19 19 17-8 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors HDC Hard Drawn Copper conductor - AS1746.

5 Metric Imperial Overall Calculated Calculated Diameter Equivalent Minimum Strands/Wire (Approx) aluminium Sectional Area Breaking Load Diameter mm mm Area mm2 mm2 kN Stranding Inches 7 7/036 7 7/048 7 7/064 7 7/080 7 19/064 19 7/118 19 7/136 7 19/083 7 . 37 37/072 19 . 19 19/116 37 37/093 37 37/103 37 37/118 61 91/093 Reference Tables 17-9. Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors HV ABC Non Metallic Screened Cables - AS3599. conductor conductor Screen Support conductor xlpe insulation Phase Cable Insulation 11kV. Phase AAAC/1120 Support conductor (Catenary) Bundled Phase No. & Nominal Dia. Compacted Cable Dia. Insulation Screen Cable of Wires in conductor Calculated Thickness Thickness Dia. conductor prior to Dia. Breaking Load Circumscribing Size mm mm mm Compaction mm kN Circle mm 35 18 7 - 51. 50 19 7 - 53. 70 21 7 - 56. 95 23 7 - 60. 120 24 19 - 66. 150 26 19 - 69. Reference Tables 185 27 19 - 72. 22kV. Phase AAAC/1120 Support conductor (Catenary) Bundled Phase No.

6 & Nominal Dia. Compacted Cable Dia. Insulation Screen Cable of Wires in conductor Calculated Thickness Thickness Dia. conductor prior to Dia. Breaking Load Circumscribing Size mm mm mm Compaction mm kN Circle mm 35 23 7 - 59. 50 24 7 - 62. 70 25 7 - 65. 95 27 7 - 68. 120 29 19 - 75. 150 30 19 - 78. 185 32 19 - 82. 17-10 Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors HV ABC Metallic Screened Cables - AS3599. conductor conductor conductor Screen Insulation (XLPE) conductor Screen Semiconductive Insulation Screen Metallic Screen Insulation XLPE. Separator tape Sheath Insulation Screen Support Catenary Water swellable tape Metallic screen (copper wire). Separator tape Sheath (HDPE). 11kV. Phase Support Catenary Bundled Phase Cable Dia. Insulation Screen Cable No. & Nominal Dia. Calculated Thickness Thickness Dia. of Wires in Breaking Load Circumscribing Size mm mm mm conductor kN Circle mm 35 24 7 26 58. 35 24 19 54. 50 25 19 62. 70 27 19 66. 95 29 19 69.

7 120 31 19 72. 150 32 19 75. 185 34 19 78. 22kV. Phase Support Catenary Reference Tables Bundled Phase Cable Dia. Insulation Screen Cable No. & Nominal Dia. Calculated Thickness Thickness Dia. of Wires in Breaking Load Circumscribing Size mm mm mm conductor kN Circle mm 35 28 7 26 67. 35 28 19 63. 50 29 19 71. 70 32 19 75. 95 33 19 78. 120 35 19 81. 150 37 19 85. 185 39 19 88. 17-11. Reference Tables Australian Standard Metric Conductors Reference Tables 17-12. Technical Requirements for Covered Conductors (CCT). Characteristics Units conductor Size and Type Nominal cross-sectional area mm2 80 120 180. Stranding and nominal wire diameter 7 7 19 Material AAAC/1120 or AAAC/6201 or AAAC/1350. Approximate conductor diameter* mm Voltage rating kV Covering thickness: (a) Minimum average mm (b) Minimum at any point mm (c) Maximum at any point mm Resultant overall diameter range* mm to to to 30 to to to to to to Approximate mass# kg/km 450 635 900 640 845 1145 870 1105 1440.

8 Colour code Red Red Red Yellow Yellow Yellow Blue Blue Blue Reference Tables Nominal Cable Dimensions of of Cross PVC PVC Ins. of Two Three Four Section Single Single Single Core Core Core Area Strand of Core Core Core Two + + +. mm2 Diameter mm Cond. Cable Sheathed Xlpe/PVC Core Earth Earth Earth 1 1 - - - - - 7 1 - - - - 7 7 - - - - 4 7 6 - - - - 6 7 - - - - 10 7 - - 20. 16 7 - - 25 19 - - 35 19 - - 50 19 - - 28 70 19 - 16 - 39. 95 37 - - - 120 37 - 20 - - 150 37 - - - 185 37 - - - - 240 61 - - - - 61 300 61 - - - - 400 61 - - - - - - 500 61 - - - - - - 630 127 - - - - - - Reference Tables 17-13. Reference Tables Cable Cross Sections Annealed aluminium and Copper Stranded Conductors Metric Imperial Number and Nominal Number and Nominal Nominal Cross Nominal Diameter Nominal Cross Nominal Diameter Nominal Cross Diameter Sectional Area Diameter of Cond. Sectional Area of Wires Sectional Area of conductor mm2 of Wires mm mm2 Inches mm inches2 mm 1 1 1/.044 1 3/.

9 029 3/.737 1 . 3/.036 3/.914 7 . 7/.029 7/.737 4 7 . 7/.036 7/.914 6 7 . 7/.044 7 7/.052 7 10 7 . 7/.064 7 16 7 . 19/.044 19 25 7 19/.052 19 35 19 . 19/.064 19 50 19 . 19/.083 19 70 19 . 37/.064 37 95 19 37/.072 37 Reference Tables 120 37 37/.083 37 150 37 . 37/.093 37 185 37 . 37/.103 37 240 61 . 61/.093 61 300 61 . 61/.103 61 91/.093 91 26. 400 61 . 91/.103 91 500 61 . 630 127 . 127/.103 127 1 34. 800 127 800 127/.112 127 1000 127 1000 127/.125 127 17-14 Reference Tables Conversion Tables for Non-Metric Cable Sizes Metric Metric American Metric American Metric British Equivalent Imperial Equivalent Wire Gauge Equivalent Wire Gauge Equivalent Standard mm2 Inches2 mm2 AWG mm2 AWG mm2. 33 30 250 MCM 127. 32 29 300 MCM 152. 31 28 350 MCM 177. 30 27 400 MCM 203. 29 26 450 MCM 228. 28 25 500 MCM 253. 27 24 550 MCM 279. 26 23 600 MCM 304. 25 22 650 MCM 329. 24 21 700 MCM 355. 23 20 750 MCM 380. 22 26 19 800 MCM 405. 21 18 850 MCM 431. 20 17 900 MCM 456. 19 16 950 MCM 481.

10 18 15 1000 MCM 507. 17 14 1100 MCM 557. 16 129 13 1200 MCM 608. 15 162 12 1300 MCM 659. 14 199 11 1400 MCM 709. 13 267 10 1500 MCM 760. 12 328 9 1600 MCM 811. Reference Tables 10 399 8 1700 MCM 861. 489 7 1800 MCM 912. 557 6 1900 MCM 963. 683 5 2000 MCM 1010. 807 4 - - 1050 3 - - 2 - - 1 - - 0 - - 2/0 67 - - 3/0 85 - - 4/0 107 - - 17-15. Reference Tables Notes Reference Tables 17-16