NBR 8182 Aluminum Stranded Multiplex Cable /Aerial Bundled Cable

NBR 8182 Aluminum Stranded Multiplex Cable /Aerial Bundled Cable

DESCRIPTION

The aerial bundled cables designed for overhead distribution lines have all conductors made of aluminum

1350 and insulated with XLPE. Phase and neutral cores are laid up in a bundle with a left hand lay. Cables are rated at 0.6/1 (1.2) kV and conform to NBR 8182.

The main advantage of aerial bundled cables include:

1 Ease of erection and stringing

2 Practically no tree – trimming required

3 Less maintenance

CONSTRUCTION

1 Conductor (For both phase and neutral) :

The conductors shall be of aluminum 1350 wires and are compacted circular stranded

2 Insulation :

The conductors shall be extruded with Cross-linked Polyethylene (XLPE) material as insulation. Each

phase core is marked with numerals and letters 1 ONE, 2 TWO or 3 THREE and with one rib,two ribs or

three ribs to denote the phases. The neutral core carries equally spaced ribs right round the circumference.

3 Assembly

The cores shall be laid up with a right hand (Z) lay.