Copper Clad Steel Wire Vs Copper Wire

Creating a copper clad aluminum cable.

Copper clad steel wire vs copper wire.

Copperhead industries introduced copper clad steel tracer wire to the underground construction industry in 2004. Ccs wire has roughly an 11 weight advantage over solid copper wire. This technique created an aluminum core cable surrounded by a thin layer of copper. Not only that but i m equally outraged if they are selling copper clad aluminum as pure copper.

A soft soldered copper wire connection was then made to the silver solder surface. Soft and hard drawn. They appear to be short selling the wire alleged 50 feet rolls don t seem to have 50 feet of wire. 290 mpa 1500 mpa electrial conductivity.

This product is manufactured according to underwriters laboratory ul constructions in both 30 v and 600 v versions suitable for use at a maximum continuous operating temperature of 75 c in wet and dry locations. Showmecables guarantees that all of our patch cables are pure copper and are ready for cat5e cat6 cat6a or cat7 networks. Measurements at dc and at audio frequencies gave resistance 0 204 ω and inductance 1 35 µh. Copper clad steel wire.

Our standard tracer wire is a solid copper conductor insulated with high molecular weight polyethylene hmwpe. Given the published resistivity ρ 72. Copper clad stainless steel ccss in the 300 series as core may be specified for certain medical applications. Copperclad steel wire is an excellent solution for areas with high rates of copper theft as the amount of copper used in the bonding process is minimal 6 to 10 depending on the conductivity.

When copperclad steel wire is used in place of copper the. The steel core alloy can theoretically be any grade suitable for the wire s end purpose. Steel density is lighter. 21 conductivity copperhead dead soft annealed per 1000 awg diameter solid copper wire annealed copper clad steel annealed 10 0 1019 31 43 lbs.

That of annealed solid copper. The fill factor 0 6 as estimated from assumed resistivity and the measured resistance including. Admittedly they don t say its pure copper but since pure copper is the customary product any deviation from that should be clearly stated. Looking to cut costs manufacturers started using aluminum wire dipped in a thin coating of copper.

Steel 283 pounds per inch cubed copper 3212 pounds per inch cubed.