• Applications: Used as bare overhead conductor for primary and secondary distribution. Designed utilizing a high-strength aluminum alloy to achieve a high strength-to-weight ratio; affords better sag characteristics. Aluminum alloy gives AAAC higher resistance to corrosion than ACSR.
  • Construction: Standard 6201-T81 high strength aluminum conductors, conforming to ASTM Specification B-399, are concentric-lay- stranded, similar in construction and appearance to 1350 grade aluminum conductors. Standard 6201 alloy conductors were developed to fill the need for an economical conductor for overhead applications requiring higher strength than that obtainable with 1350 grade aluminum conductors, but without a steel core. The DC resistance at 20 ºC of the 6201-T81 conductors and of the standard ACSR of the same diameter are approximately the same. Conductors of the 6201-T81 alloys are harder and, therefore, have a greater resistance to abrasion than conductors of 1350-H19 grade aluminum.
  • Specification:AAAC bare conductor meets or exceeds the following ASTM specifications :

B-398 Aluminum Alloy 6201-T81 Wire for Electrical Purposes

B-399 Concentric-Lay-Stranded 6201-T81 Aluminum Alloy Conductors.

Code word

Size (AWG or Kcmil) Stranding Overall Diameter (In.) Rated strength (lbs.) DC Resistance at 200C (W/1000ft) Weight (lbs/1000ft)
No.of wires Diameter of individual wires (In.)

Akron

6 7 0.0661 0.1983 1110 0.6588 28.52

Alton

4 7 0.0834 0.2502 1760 0.4139 45.40

Ames

2 7 0.1052 0.3156 2800 0.2601 72.24

Azusa

1/0 7 0.1327 0.3981 4270 0.1635 114.9
Anaheim 2/0 7 0.1490 0.4470 5390 0.1297

144.9

Amherst 3/0 7 0.1672 0.5016 6790 0.1030

182.5

Alliance 4/0 7 0.1878 0.5634 8560 0.0816

230.2

Butte 266.8 19 0.1283 0.6415 10500 0.0644

291.6

Canton

336.4 19 0.1441 0.7205 13300 0.0511

367.9

Cairo

397.5 19 0.1565 0.7825 15600 0.0433

433.9

Darien 477.0 19 0.1716 0.8580 18800 0.0360

521.7

Elgin

556.5 19 0.1853 0.9265 21900 0.0309

608.3

Flint 636.0 37 0.1415 0.9905 24400 0.0272

690.8

Greeley 795.0 37 0.1583 1.1081 30500 0.0217

864.6

Code word Size (AWG or Kcmil) Stranding Overall Diameter (In.) Rated strength (lbs.) DC Resistance at 200C (W/1000ft) Weight (lbs/1000ft) No.of wires Diameter of individual wires (In.) Akron 6 7 0.0661 0.1983 1110 0.6588 28.52 Alton 4 7 0.0834 0.2502 1760 0.4139 45.40 Ames 2 7 0.1052 0.3156 2800 0.2601 72.24 Azusa 1/0 7 0.1327 […]