ASTM B836-00 - 10.4.2000
 
1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers aluminum/single input wire (SIW) stranded conductors made from round or shaped wires for use in covered or insulated electrical conductors. These conductors shall be composed of one or more roller or die compacted layers of helically applied wires (Explanatory Notes 1 and 2).

Note 1-For the purposes of this specification, SIW construction is defined as follows: "a stranded conductor design methodology that varies the number of wires within a range of conductor sizes in order to permit that range of conductor sizes to be constructed from a single wire size. See Explanatory Note 2.

1.2 The SI values for density are to be regarded as the standard. For all other properties, inch-pound values are to be regarded as the standard, and the SI units may be approximate.

Note 2-The aluminum and temper designations conform to ANSI H35.1. Aluminum 1350 and Aluminum-Alloy 8XXX correspond to Unified Numbering System A91350 and A98XXX, in accordance with Practice E527.
 
2. Referenced Documents

B801-18(2023)

Standard Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Conductors of 8000 Series Aluminum Alloy for Subsequent Covering or Insulation

B354-23

Standard Terminology Relating to Uninsulated Metallic Electrical Conductors

E29-22

Standard Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

E527-23

Standard Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)

Handbook 100

Copper Wire Tables NBS Available from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 1070, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070, http://www.nist.gov.

ANSI H35.1

Alloy and Temper Designation Systems for Aluminum Available from American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036, http://www.ansi.org.

B830-18(2026)

Standard Specification for Uniform Test Methods and Frequency

B400-08

Standard Specification for Compact Round Concentric-Lay-Stranded Aluminum 1350 Conductors

B609/B609M-12(2021)

Standard Specification for Aluminum 1350 Round Wire, Annealed and Intermediate Tempers, for Electrical Purposes

B800-05(2021)

Standard Specification for 8000 Series Aluminum Alloy Wire for Electrical Purposes—Annealed and Intermediate Tempers

B230/B230M-22

Standard Specification for Aluminum 1350–H19 Wire for Electrical Purposes

B263-04

Standard Test Method for Determination of Cross-Sectional Area of Stranded Conductors