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What is a conductor? today, apart from this, which conductor is more useful copper and
aluminum. And with this, we will also try to understand the types of Transmission Line
Conductors.

The job of a conductor is to carry electric power from one place to another and with the
least resistance. By the way, there are many such materials whose conductivity is very
high. Like gold and silver but it is not possible to use them for wires in electrical systems,
because they are very expensive.

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For this reason, we have only two main materials that are best left, copper and aluminum.
But in both of these, aluminum is the only option left today.

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By the way, the resistance of aluminum is 60% more than that of copper, which is a
weakness of aluminum.

For example, suppose we have a 1-foot long copper conductor and an aluminum conductor
of exactly the same size. So the resistance of the aluminum conductor will be 60% more than
that of the copper conductor.

But there is some drawback to copper as well, such as copper is 3 times more heavy than
aluminum and copper is also much more expensive than aluminum. At present, 1kg of
copper is available for Rs 500, while the cost of 1 kg of aluminum is only Rs 100.

Apart from this, a big problem in copper is that copper wire gets rusted very easily, which is
very harmful to its long life. You must have seen that the color of copper utensils changes in
your homes in 2-3 days only because of the carbon coming on them.

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Once the aluminum wire is installed, we consider its life value for 100 years, so the aluminum
wire is considered to be the best in the transmission line and it is used only.
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But you will still �nd copper wire being used in some older substations. There they are used
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because there these wires have to handle a lot of electrical currents. But still today the
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chances of getting copper wire are very less. Aluminum wire is being used everywhere in the
transmission line.

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It is used in the bus of electrical substation but it is used in short distance bus.

It is also used in electrical substation bus and it is also used in short distance bus.

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Their length cannot be kept longer. Because if they are made longer then it will be very
di�cult to take them to the substation. Because these wires are di�cult to bend easily.

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Aluminum Stranded Conductor in transmission lines

It is made of thin wire, due to which they can be bent easily and they can be transmitted quite
easily from one place to another by wrapping it in a roll.

All the conductors in this are made of aluminum. That's why AAC wire does not get rusted.
Because they do not rust easily, they are used more near water areas.

Even in AAAC wire, all the wires are made of aluminum, but due to aluminum being very
�exible, some other metal is mixed in it. Due to which their strength is increased.
They are used in railway crossings and hilly areas.

It is the most commonly used conductor. The wire between it is of Galvanized Steel. Due to
which the strength of the ACSR conductor increases signi�cantly.

Due to the use of steel in this conductor, it does not expand much when heated. For this
reason, wherever we use the ACSR conductor, we can keep the gap between two electric poles
more.
ACSR conductors are used on both high voltage lines and �ame voltage lines.

The conductor used from 33KV to 66KV is called a dog conductor. Its current carrying
capacity is up to 300 amps. It consists of 6 strands of aluminum, and 7 strands of steel.

It is used from 66KV voltage to 132KV voltage. In this, current can be given up to
480 amperes. It consists of 30 strands of aluminum, and 7 strands of steel.

Zebra conductor is used for 220kV voltage. In this, current can be given up to 735
amperes. Zebra conductor has 54 strands of aluminum and 7 strands of steel.

This conductor is used on 220 kilovolts or 440-kilovolt voltage lines, which can easily
withstand current up to 800 amperes.

It also has 54 aluminum and 7 steel strands like the zebra conductor. But the thickness of the
strand in the Moose conductor is more than that of the Zebra conductor. For this reason, these

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zebras can withstand more current than the conductor.

ACSS conductors are being replaced by ACSR conductors today, as ACSS conductors have more
heat withstanding strength.

When the current capacity on the wire is increased, the temperature of the wire also increases.
Hence ACSS conductor is gradually being replaced with an ACSR conductor for the time to come.

Because ACSS conductor can easily withstand temperature up to 180-degree Celsius, whereas
ACSR conductor can withstand only up to 100 degrees Celsius temperature.

So I, hope that today you have got answers to many questions related to Types of Transmission
Line Conductors used in transmission lines.

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