AAC Conductor BS 215-1 BS EN 50182

All Aluminium Stranded Conductors BS 215 Part 1

Code Name

Area

Stranding and wire diameter

Approx. Overall diameter

Weight

Nominal breaking load

Nom. DC resistance at 20 deg.

Nominal

Actual

mm²

mm²

mm

mm

kg/km

kN

ohm/km

MIDGE

22

23.33

7/2.06

6.2

64

3.99

1.227

APHIS

25

26.4

3/3.35

7.2

73

4.11

1.081

GNAT

25

26.8

7/2.21

6.6

73

4.59

1.066

WEEVIL

30

31.6

3/3.66

7.9

86

4.86

0.9082

MOSQUITO

35

37.0

7/2.59

7.8

101

6.03

0.7762

LADYBIRD

40

42.8

7/2.79

8.4

117

6.87

0.6689

ANT

50

52.83

7/3.10

9.3

145

8.28

0.5419

FLY

60

63.55

7/3.40

10.2

174

9.90

0.4505

BLUEBOTTLE

70

73.7

7/3.66

11.0

202

11.34

0.3881

EARWING

75

78.5

7/3.78

11.4

215

11.94

0.3644

GRASSHOPPER

80

84.1

7/3.91

11.7

230

12.78

0.3406

CLEGG

90

95.6

7/4.17

12.5

262

14.53

0.2994

WASP

100

106.0

7/4.39

13.2

290

16.00

0.2702

BEETLE

100

106.6

19/2.67

13.4

293

17.42

0.2704

BEE

125

132.0

7/4.90

14.7

361

19.44

0.2169

CRICKET

150

157.9

7/5.36

16.1

432

23.85

0.1818

HORNET

150

157.6

19/3.25

16.3

434

25.70

0.1825

CATERPILLAR

175

186.0

19/3.53

17.7

512

28.63

0.1547

CHAFER

200

213.2

19/3.78

18.9

587

32.40

0.1349

SPIDER

225

236.9

19/3.99

20.0

652

36.01

0.1211

COCKROACH

250

265.7

19/4.22

21.1

731

40.40

0.1083

BUTTERFLY

300

322.7

19/4.65

23.3

888

48.70

0.08916

MOTH

350

373.2

19/5.00

25.0

1027

56.37

0.07711

DRONE

350

373.3

37/3.58

25.1

1029

57.45

0.07741

LOCUST

400

428.5

19/5.36

26.8

1179

64.73

0.06710

CENTIPEDE

400

415.2

37/3.78

26.5

1145

63.10

0.06944

MAYBUG

450

486.9

37/4.09

28.6

1342

74.01

0.05931

SCORPION

500

529.5

37/4.27

29.9

1460

79.98

0.05441

CICADA

600

628.6

37/4.65

32.6

1733

94.95

0.04588

TARANTULA

750

794.6

37/5.23

36.6

2191

120.10

0.03627