Percon^® 15 Conductor Wire

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Conductor Wire

Key Attributes of Percon 15

Is an economical alloy conductor providing high strength and high electrical conductivity.
Provides high flex life.
Has excellent resistance to corrosive environments.
Is environmentally friendly and meets the RoHS requirements.
Is available bare or plated with tin, silver or nickel.

English UnitsMetric Units

Physical Properties

	Soft Temper	Hard Drawn
Tensile	45 ksi	95 ksi
Elongation	6%	1%
Electrical Conductivity	75% IACS	70% IACS
Electrical Resistivity	13.83 Ω-cmil/ft	14.82 Ω-cmil/ft
Density	0.321 lbs/in³	0.321 lbs/In³
Thermal Coefficient of Resistance	0.003 /°C	0.003 /°C

Single End Constructions

PERCON 15 - Hard TEMPER
AWG	Diameter (inch)			Resistance (Ω/mft)	Weight (lb/mft)	Break StrG (lb)
AWG	Nom	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
30	0.0100	0.0099	0.0101	151	0.309	7.31
31	0.0089	0.0088	0.0090	191	0.245	5.78
32	0.0080	0.0079	0.0081	237	0.198	4.66
33	0.0071	0.0070	0.0072	302	0.157	3.66
34	0.0063	0.0062	0.0064	385	0.124	2.87
35	0.0056	0.0055	0.0057	490	0.0983	2.26
36	0.0050	0.0049	0.0051	617	0.0787	1.79
37	0.0045	0.0044	0.0046	765	0.0640	1.44
38	0.0040	0.0039	0.0041	974	0.0509	1.13
39	0.0035	0.0034	0.0036	1,282	0.0392	0.863
40	0.0031	0.0030	0.0032	1,646	0.0310	0.672
41	0.0028	0.0027	0.0029	2,032	0.0254	0.544
42	0.0025	0.0024	0.0026	2,572	0.0205	0.430
43	0.0022	0.0021	0.0023	3,360	0.0160	0.329
44	0.0020	0.0019	0.0021	4,104	0.0133	0.269
45	0.00176	0.00166	0.00186	5,377	0.0105	0.206
46	0.00157	0.00147	0.00167	6,856	0.00844	0.161
47	0.00140	0.00130	0.00150	8,767	0.00681	0.126
48	0.00124	0.00114	0.00134	11,400	0.00543	0.097
49	0.00111	0.00101	0.00121	14,524	0.00443	0.076
50	0.00099	0.00089	0.00109	18,704	0.00359	0.059
51	0.00088	0.00081	0.00096	22,581	0.00279	0.049
52	0.00078	0.00071	0.00086	29,390	0.00224	0.038
53	0.00070	0.00065	0.00075	29,390	0.00170	0.032
54	0.00062	0.00057	0.00067	45,601	0.00136	0.024

7-Strand Constructions

PERCON 15 - Hard TEMPER
AWG	Const	Diameter (inch)		Resistance (Ω/mft)	Weight (lb/mft)	Break StrG (lb)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
22	7/30	0.0297	0.0303	21.9	2.19	51.2
24	7/32	0.0237	0.0243	34.4	1.41	32.6
26	7/34	0.0186	0.0192	55.8	0.879	20.1
28	7/36	0.0147	0.0153	89.3	0.558	12.5
30	7/38	0.0117	0.0123	141	0.361	7.94
32	7/40	0.00900	0.00960	238	0.220	4.70
34	7/42	0.00720	0.0078-	372	0.145	3.01
36	7/44	0.00570	0.00630	594	0.0946	1.89
38	7/46	0.00441	0.00501	992	0.0598	1.13
40	7/48	0.00342	0.00402	1,650	0.0385	0.679
42	7/50	0.00267	0.00327	2,707	0.0255	0.414

19-Strand Unilay Constructions

PERCON 15 - Hard TEMPER
AWG	Const	Diameter (inch)		Resistance (Ω/mft)	Weight (lb/mft)	Break StrG (lb)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
18	19/30	0.0467	0.0476	8.08	5.95	139
20	19/32	0.0373	0.0382	12.7	3.83	88.5
22	19/34	0.0293	0.0302	20.6	2.39	54.5
24	19/36	0.0231	0.0241	33.0	1.52	34.0
26	19/38	0.0184	0.0193	52.0	0.981	21.6
28	19/40	0.0142	0.0151	87.9	0.597	12.8
30	19/42	0.0113	0.0123	137	0.394	8.17
32	19/44	0.0090	0.0099	219	0.257	5.12

Physical Properties

	Hard Drawn	Soft
Tensile	310 MPa	655 MPa
Elongation	6%	1%
Electrical Conductivity
Electrical Resistivity	2.30 μΩ-cm	2.46 μΩ-cm
Density	8.89 g/cm³	8.89 g/cm³
Thermal Coefficient of Resistance

Single End Constructions

Bare PERCON 17 - Hard Drawn
AWG	Diameter (mm)		Resistance (Ω/km)	Weight (kg/km)	Break StrG (N)
AWG	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
30	0.251	0.257	496	0.459	32.5
31	0.224	0.229	628	0.365	25.7
32	0.201	0.206	779	0.295	20.7
33	0.178	0.183	992	0.233	16.3
34	0.157	0.163	1,265	0.184	12.8
35	0.140	0.145	1,607	0.146	10.0
36	0.124	0.130	2,024	0.117	7.97
37	0.112	0.117	2,511	0.0953	6.43
38	0.099	0.104	3,196	0.0757	5.05
39	0.086	0.091	4,205	0.0584	3.84
40	0.076	0.081	5,401	0.0461	2.99
41	0.069	0.074	6,668	0.0379	2.42
42	0.061	0.066	8,439	0.0304	1.91
43	0.053	0.058	11,022	0.0238	1.46
44	0.048	0.053	13,465	0.0199	1.20
45	0.042	0.047	17,640	0.0156	0.91
46	0.037	0.042	22,494	0.0126	0.717
47	0.033	0.038	28,762	0.0101	0.561
48	0.029	0.034	37,402	0.00808	0.431
49	0.026	0.031	47,650	0.00659	0.339
50	0.023	0.028	61,366	0.00535	0.263
51	0.021	0.024	74,086	0.00415	0.218
52	0.018	0.022	96,425	0.00333	0.167
53	0.017	0.019	115,048	0.00253	0.140
54	0.014	0.017	149,609	0.00202	0.108

7-Strand Constructions

PERCON 15 - Hard TEMPER
AWG	Const	Diameter (mm)		Resistance (Ω/km)	Weight (kg/km)	Break StrG (N)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
22	7/30	0.754	0.770	71.8	3.26	228
24	7/32	0.602	0.617	113	2.09	145
26	7/34	0.472	0.488	183	1.31	89.3
28	7/36	0.373	0.389	293	0.830	55.8
30	7/38	0.297	0.312	462	0.537	35.3
32	7/40	0.229	0.244	782	0.327	20.9
34	7/42	0.183	0.198	1,221	0.216	13.4
36	7/44	0.145	0.160	1,949	0.141	8.39
38	7/46	0.112	0.127	3,255	0.0890	5.02
40	7/48	0.087	0.102	5,413	0.0573	3.02
42	7/50	0.068	0.083	8,880	0.0379	1.84

19-Strand Unilay Constructions

PERCON 15 - Hard TEMPER
AWG	Const	Diameter (mm)		Resistance (Ω/km)	Weight (kg/km)	Break StrG (N)
AWG	Const	Min	Max	Max	Max	Min
18	19/30	1.19	1.21	26.5	8.86	618
20	19/32	0.947	0.971	41.6	5.70	394
22	19/34	0.743	0.767	67.6	3.56	242
24	19/36	0.587	0.611	108	2.26	151
26	19/38	0.467	0.491	171	1.46	95.9
28	19/40	0.359	0.383	289	0.889	56.8
30	19/42	0.288	0.312	451	0.587	36.3
32	19/44	0.228	0.252	719	0.383	22.8

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Specifications

ASTM B250
ASTM B465
ASTM B888

Conversion Factors
Metric Tensile Strengths

kg/mm² = KSI x .7031
N/mm² = KSI x 6.895