ACSR CONDUCTOR

SECTION I
STANDARD TECHNICAL REQUIREMENT
1.0 POWER CONDUCTOR
1.1 SCOPE
This section covers design, manufacture, testing before despatch, packing, supply and delivery F.O.R
destination of Kms of " RABBIT", "RACOON", "DOG", "WOLF" and "PANTHER" ACSR Conductor of
size
6/1/3.35mm, 6/1/4.09 mm, 6/4.72mm + 7/1.57mm, 30/7/2.59mm and 30/7/3.00mm.
2.0 STANDARDS
2.1 The Conductor shall also comply in all respects with the IS:398(Part-II) 1996 with latest
amendments
unless otherwise stipulated in this specification or any other International Standards which ensure
equal or
higher quality material.
2.2 The ACSR Conductor shall also conform to the following standards.
Sl. Indian Title International
No.
Standard Standards
1 IS:209-1979 Specification for Zinc BS-3436-1961
2 IS:398-1996 Specification for aluminium
conductors for overhead
transmission purposes.
Part-II Aluminium
conductors
IEC-209-1966
galvanised steel
reinforced BS-215(Part-II)
3 IS:1521-1972
Method of
Tensile
Testing
ISO/R89-1959
of Steel wire
4 IS:1778-1980
Reels and
Drums for
Bare
BS-1559-1949
conductors
5 IS:1841-1978 E.C.Grade Aluminium rod
produced by rolling
6 IS:2629-1966 Recommended practice for Hot
Dip Galvanising of iron and steel
7 IS:2633-1986 Method of testing uniformity
of coating of zinc coated
articles.
8 IS:4826-1968 Galvanised coatings on round ASTM A472-729
steel wires. BS-443-1969
9 IS:5484-1978 E.C.Grade Aluminium rod
produced by continuous casting
and rolling.
10 IS:6745-1972 Methods of determination BS-443-1969
of weight of zinc-coating
of zinc coated iron and
steel articles