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Wire Stranding by Class of Wire

TYPICALLY STANDARD RIGID STRAND CLASSES ON ALL LUGS PER UL486 STANDARD FLEX STRAND CLASSES G, H, I, DLO, K MTW, WELDING WIRE, BATTERY WIRE ON SELECTED STOCK IHI LUGS & ADDITIONALLY TESTED TO UL486 & CSA 22.2 No.65

Guide on Fine Stranded FLEX Wire
Wire Strand Class Lay Type Rigid /Flex Typical Usage Number of strands / Strand sizes
14 to 2 AWG 1 to 4/0 AWG 250 to 500 kcmil
AA Concentric Rigid stranded Power cables 3 (4-1) 7 (1/0-4/0) 12 (250-350)
A Concentric Rigid stranded Power cables 7 (4-4/0) 7 (4-4/0) 19(250-400)
B Concentric Rigid stranded Power cables 7 19 37
Compact Concentric Rigid stranded Mainly Canada 7
(8 to 2 AWG)
19 37
C Concentric Rigid stranded power cables 19 37 61
D Concentric   power cables 37 61 91
G Rope/conc Flexible stranded Portable Flex
power cables
49 133 259
H Rope/conc Flexible stranded Flex power cables
Take up reels
133 259 427
DLO   Flexible stranded (DLO stranding similar to I & Metric mm2 class 5 FLEX) Diesel Locomotive Cable Combinations of 24 AWG wires (.0201" dia)
I Rope/bunch Flexible stranded (I stranding similar to DLO & Metric mm2 class 5 FLEX) Apparatus and
motor leads
Combinations of 24 AWG wires (.0201" dia)
K Rope/bunch Flexible stranded Cords and cables Stationary Service Combinations of 30 AWG wires (.010" dia)
M Rope/bunch Flexible stranded Cords and cables Constant Moving Service Combinations of 34 AWG wires (.0036" dia)
         
Reverse Lay wire is that having alternating directions of twist for each layer to avoid wire untwisting under tension which can cause pressure connection failure
Concentric and Compressed wires are generally made reverse lay
Compact wire is not Reverse Lay, all strands are twisted the same directions before compacting to produce the smallest diameter possible and the least air space

Click here for standard wire types covered by UL486A-B & CSA C22.2

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