Aluminum Service Overhead Insulated Cable Triplex Service Drop Cable 6 AWG

Triplex service cable is usually used for overhead single phase service to supply power from the utility's lines to the consumer's weatherhead. It contains three individual wires twisted around each other: two insulated conductors called the "hot" legs of the service and a bare or uninsulated wire which is the neutral wire of the service. It also features a black extruded cross-linked polyethylene insulation, which can protect the cable from temperatures as high as 90°C. The XLPE insulation also ensures this service drop wire is protected against a variety of outside forces including weather, abrasion, chemicals, cutting, and tearing. This allows for continued use of triplex wire in various harsh outdoor environments.

Triplex service cable Wire Construction:

Conductors are concentrically stranded, compressed 1350-H19 aluminum. Insulated with either polyethylene or crosslinked

polyethylene (XLP). Neutral messengers are concentrically stranded 6201, AAC, or ACSR.

Triplex service cable Wire reference standards:

B-230 Aluminum Wire, 1350-H19 for Electrical Purposes

• B-231 Aluminum Conductors, Concentric-Lay-Stranded

• B-232 Aluminum Conductors, Concentric-Lay-Stranded,

Coated Steel Reinforced (ACSR)

• B-399 Concentric-Lay-Stranded, 6201-T81 Aluminum Alloy Conductors

• B-901 Compressed Round Stranded Aluminum Conductors Using Single

Input Wire

• ANSI/ICEA S-76-474

Triplex service cable Application:

Triplex service cable is usually used for overhead single phase service to supply power from the utility's lines to the consumer's weatherhead.

Triplex service cable features:

The black extruded cross-linked polyethylene insulation can protect the cable from temperatures as high as 90°C. The XLPE insulation also ensures this service drop wire is protected against a variety of outside forces including weather, abrasion, chemicals, cutting, and tearing. This allows for continued use of triplex wire in various harsh outdoor environments.