Specification

Thomas and Betts Corporation
Product Guide Specification
WIRING CONNECTIONS:
ALUMINUM AND COPPER COMPRESSION LUGS AND SPLICES
26 05 83.14-3
REVISION 0
5. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs:
a. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs shall be of the AL_ _ series.
b. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs shall cover the following wire ranges
1) Concentric: #6 to 1000 kcmil
2) Compact: 350, 400 and 600 kcmil
3) ACSR: 4/0 to 954 (45/7)
c. Tin-plated aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs (-TN suffix) shall be UL listed.
d. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs shall be available with bolt hole sizes of ¼”, 5/16”,
3/8”, ½” and 5/8”.
6. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs:
a. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs shall be of the SA_ _N series.
b. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs shall be available in a stacking lug construction as
the ASL 6 N series.
c. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs shall cover the following wire ranges:
1) Concentric: #6 to 2000 kcmil
2) Compressed: #6, #4 and #1 AWG
3) Compact: #6 to 795 kcmil
4) ACSR: #6 to 1192.5 (45/7) kcmil
d. Tin-plated aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs (-TN suffix) shall be UL listed.
e. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs shall be available with bolt hole sizes of ¼”, 5/16”,
3/8”, ½” and 5/8”.
7. Aluminum four-hole NEMA lugs:
a. Aluminum four-hole NEMA lugs shall be of the AL_ _-4N series.
b. Aluminum four-hole NEMA lugs shall cover the following wire ranges:
1) Concentric: 1000 to 2500 kcmil
2) ACSR: 900 to 2167 kcmil
c. Tin-plated aluminum four-hole NEMA lugs shall be available with a –TN suffix
added to the catalog number.
d. Aluminum four-hole NEMA lugs shall be available with ½” bolt holes.
8. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series:
a. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be the SA_ _-48 series.
b. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be available in a
stacking lug construction (five version) as the SASL_ _-48 series.
c. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall cover the following wire
ranges:
1) Concentric: #12 to 400 kcmil
2) Compressed: #6 to 400 kcmil
3) Compact: #4 to 500 kcmil
4) ACSR: #6 to 397.5 (18/1) kcmil
d. Tin-plated aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be available
with a –TN suffix added to the catalog number.
e. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be available with ½” bolt
holes.
f. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be available with 3/8”
bolt holes by changing the -48 to -38 in the catalog number.
g. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be used for installation
on Homac® 125 series insulated buses.
h. Aluminum one-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be installed by three die
sizes to lessen the die inventory.
9. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs – common die series:
a. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall be the SAK_ _N series.
b. Aluminum two-hole NEMA lugs – common die series shall cover the following wire
ranges:
1) Concentric: #4 to 600 kcmil
2) Compressed: 2/0 AWG