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Product Specs
- Cable Length:
- 304 mm
- Conductor Category:
- Flexible
- Conductor Shape:
- Flat
- Country Of Origin:
- United States (US)
- Material Of Conductor:
- Tin-Plated Copper
- Product Group:
- Wire & Cable Management
- Product Type:
- Standard Flexible Braid Connector - 4-Hole to 1-Hole
- Selling Unit Of Measure:
- each
- Standards:
- IEEE / ANSI C37, 34
- Type2:
- Flexible braid
- Department:
- Electrical
- Product Subgroup:
- Connectors
Blackburn SWC130B1304 – Frequently Asked Questions
1) What is the hole pattern on the Blackburn SWC130B1304 flex braid connector?
It's a 4-hole to 1-hole braid connector: one terminal pad is drilled with four bolt holes, the opposite pad with a single hole. That pairs a four-hole NEMA-style equipment pad or bus connection at one end with a single-bolt stud, lug or ground pad at the other. If both ends of your connection are four-hole pads, this isn't the right braid.
2) Is this braid connector tinned or bare copper?
The conductor is tin-plated copper. Tin plating slows oxidation at the braid strands and the bolted pads, which is what you want for outdoor switchgear, substation work, or damp vaults where a bare copper braid would green up and raise contact resistance.
3) Why use a flexible braid instead of a solid copper bar or rigid jumper?
A braid absorbs movement. The Blackburn SWC130B1304 is a flexible, flat-profile conductor, so it takes thermal expansion of a bus run, vibration from a transformer or breaker, and the travel of a drawout or hinged component without stressing the bolted joints. A rigid bar in the same spot transfers all of that into the pads. Use rigid bus where the connection is fixed and braid where either end moves.
4) Does the Blackburn SWC130B1304 meet switchgear standards for utility and substation specs?
It is built to IEEE / ANSI C37 and 34. Those are the switchgear and high-voltage apparatus series, which is the reference an engineer writing a substation or switchgear connection spec will be looking for on a shunt or flexible connector.
5) Does the SWC130B1304 come with bolts and hardware for the terminal pads?
It ships as the braid assembly alone, sold each. The bolts, belleville washers, nuts and any joint compound for the four-hole and single-hole pads are separate, so pull hardware sized to your pad drilling before the outage.
6) How do I confirm I'm ordering the right Blackburn braid connector?
Order by the part number SWC130B1304. Blackburn's flexible braid line runs many configurations that differ only in hole pattern and length, so matching the exact number is what keeps you from getting a 2-hole or a shorter braid. The one you want here is 4-hole to 1-hole at 304 mm.
7) Does the flat shape of this braid matter for fitting it into a cabinet?
It does. The conductor is flat rather than round, so it lies close against a panel wall or bus face and bends readily in one plane. In tight gear it routes better than a round rope jumper of comparable section, but it resists twisting off-axis, so plan the run so the flex happens in the direction the flat wants to bend.
8) Is this braid connector made in the USA, and does it ship as a single piece?
Country of origin is the United States, and it sells each, one connector per unit, not in a pack or pair. On a job needing jumpers at both ends of a piece of gear, order the quantity you need individually.
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