Catalog 82020

Revised 11-02

Testing Data

4

COPALUM Terminals and Splices

(For Solid & Stranded Aluminum or Copper Wire)

Dimensions are in inches and

Dimensions are shown for

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millimeters unless otherwise

reference purposes only.

USA: 1-800-522-6752

specified. Values in brackets

Specifications subject to change.

Canada: 1-905-475-6222

are metric equivalents.

Mexico: 01-800-733-8926

Test Results of Insulation Piercing

Crimp Terminations

Current Cycling: Under oil at 1375 amperes, AC

Pressure Type Wire/Connector Reference Chart

AMP Wire Range

UL Listed File E13288

Connector Marking

Copper Wire Size

Strip Length

and Aluminum Wire Size

Nominal

AWG

AWG

AWG

AWG

inch

12-10

3-6

10-16

1.25-6

Solid Aluminum

16-14

1.25-2

18-14

0.8-2

5/16

7.94

Solid or Stranded

14-10

2-6

Copper or Aluminum

Solid or

12-10

3-6

14-10

2-6

3/8

9.53

Stranded Copper

8

8

10-8

5-8

6

14

8-6

8-14

7/16

11.11

4

21

6-4

14-21

19/32

15.08

2

35

4-2

21-35

1/0

50

2-1/0

35-50

8-500 MCM

8-253

8-500 MCM

8-253

2/0

70

1/0-2/0

50-70

3/4

19.05

Solid or Stranded

Stranded Aluminum

3/0

85

2/0-3/0

70-85

Aluminum or Copper

or Copper

4/0

105

3/0-4/0

85-105

25/32

19.64

250 MCM

127

4/0-250 MCM

105-127

1-3/16

30.16

300 MCM

152

250-300 MCM

127-152

1-5/16

33.34

400 MCM

203

300-400 MCM

152-203

1-7/16

36.51

500 MCM

253

400-500 MCM

203-253

1-9/16

39.69

Notes: Perforated liner must be present in wire barrel.

Thermal Shock: 0.5 hr. @ +150°C & –55°C per cycle; 15 amperes,

DC

Products Tested: COPALUM terminals wire size 8 AWG

plus 4 in. [101.6 mm] of conductor length).

Current Cycling: 100 cycles @ 35 amperes, AC; each cycle con-

sisting of 15 min. “on current” and 15 min. “off current”

Thermal Shock: 0.5 hr. @ +150°C and 0.17 hr. in ice water per

cycle; 5 amperes, DC

Products Tested: COPALUM parallel splices, wire size 8 AWG

ductor (stripped). Graph curves represent individual conductor

readings.

Test Results of

Bar Crimp Terminations