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ACSR Mink Conductor
Mink is the mid-size code of the ACSR animal-name series under BS 215 / EN 50182: a 6/1 construction with a total cross-section of about 73.64 mm² — the "Mink 73" line item of medium-voltage distribution schedules.
Catalogue specification
- Total area (mm²)
- 73.64
- Al stranding
- 6 × 3.66
- Steel stranding
- 1 × 3.66
- Overall dia. (mm)
- 10.98
- Al wt (kg/km)
- 173
- Steel wt (kg/km)
- 82
- DC R @20°C (Ω/km)
- 0.4434
- Breaking load (kN)
- 21.80
Mink is the workhorse of MV distribution feeders — one capacity step above Fox with the same simple 6/1 construction. The specification below is quoted directly from the factory catalogue; for choosing between codes by span, mechanical load and current, start with the conductor-designations guide.
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