500 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:

500 MCM Copper Line Wire, 500 MCM  XLPE Insulated Cable, 500 MCM PE Covered Wire, 500 MCM Utility Line Wire, 500 MCM Overhead Covered Conductor, 500 MCM  Weatherproof Line Wire, 500 MCM  XLPE vs PE Insulation, 500 MCM  Electrical Distribution Wire, 500 MCM  High Voltage Line Wire, 500 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: 500 MCM 
• Number of Strand: 37
• Covering Thickness (mil): 80
• Cable OD (In) : 0.96
• PE Weight lb/kft: 1650
• XLPE Weight lb/kft: 1647
• dc Resistance Hard-drawn 25 °C: 0.022
• dc Resistance Soft 25 °C: 0.0216
• Ampacity : 812