Looking for the best source of conductor properties

[davidbeach]

What is your favorite, most complete source of conductor properties? The four properties I'm most interested in are 25[°]C and 50[°]C 60Hz resistances, the conductor GMR and the conductor outside diameter.

I've seen some fairly complete aluminum tables, but the most complete does not include GMR for single layer ACSR and we have many miles of 1/0 and 4/0 ACSR distribution neutrals underbuilt on our transmission lines. I can find other tables that include the single layer ACSR but don't have AAC and the ACSR values differ for the other tables. Copper conductors and copperweld shield wires need to come from other sources.

Is there a good, single source for all conductor types? Anybody seen conductor properties for something that is similar to ACSR but where the aluminum has become fully annealed, or do the electrical properties remain the same?

Free sources would be great, but I do have access to a fair amount of other sources if there is something good to look for.

Thanks.

 

[magoo2]

Southwire has their Overhead Conductor Manual. It's got characteristics of a variety of conductors including aluminum, ACSR and copper.

Jim Stewart and Dale Douglass of PTI did the bulk of the work on this and it's quite a good overall reference on overhead conductors.

You should be able to get a copy through a Southwire rep.

 

[jghrist]

Electrical characteristics for ACSR are in the Hubbell (Anderson) Technical Data manual at

http://www.hubbellpowersystems.com/...brary/pdfs4lib/Chance-Construction/AEC-41.pdf

 

[wareagle]

McGraw Hill Handbook for Electrical Engineers has much of the info you are looking for.