Bare Soft Copper Grounding Conductor (US)

Bare soft copper grounding conductors can be either solid or concentric-lay-stranded. They consist of one or more layers of wire that are helically wrapped around a straight, round central wire. Each layer has six more wires than the layer directly below it. Using Class B stranding provides greater flexibility. The outer layer's direction of lay is left-hand, and in multilayer constructions, the direction of lay for each successive layer is reversed. These copper ground wires are made from annealed soft copper and comply with the latest ASTM specifications B3 and B8.

Features and Benefits

Solid or stranded bare soft copper grounding conductors are suitable for direct burial, are inherently corrosion-resistant, and are easy to terminate and join at splices and joints.

Applications

Solid and stranded bare soft copper grounding conductors are appropriate for use as neutrals, circuit grounding conductors, and in grounding systems for machinery and equipment. Soft copper can also be used for transformer drop leads or other non-tension hook-up jumpers.