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Product Specs
- Cable Length:
- 736 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
- Selling Unit Of Measure:
- each
- Standards:
- IEEE/ANSI C37.34
- Type2:
- Flexible braid
- Department:
- Electrical
- Product Subgroup:
- Connectors
Blackburn SWC150A1736 – Frequently Asked Questions
1) What is the Blackburn SWC150A1736 flexible braid connector used for?
It is a flexible braid shunt connector, built from tin-plated copper in a flat braid with a 4-hole pad on each end, rated 1500A. Flexible braids like this carry current across a joint that has to move or where two rigid buses cannot be bolted straight together, such as switchgear disconnect blades, expansion joints in bus runs, and generator or transformer terminations. The braid is made to IEEE/ANSI C37.34.
2) Will a 4-hole braid terminal bolt to my existing 2-hole bus pad?
No. The SWC150A1736 has a 4-hole pad at each end, so the mating bus or blade has to be drilled in the same 4-hole pattern. If your switchgear pads are drilled 2-hole, order a 2-hole braid instead of drilling or shimming this one; a partial bolt-up on a 1500A connection is a hot joint waiting to happen.
3) Does the Blackburn SWC150A1736 come as a matched pair or a single piece?
Single piece. The selling unit is each, so if a switchgear phase assembly needs three braids you order three. Model number is SWC150A1736.
4) Is this braid rated to a recognized switchgear standard for a spec submittal?
Yes. The SWC150A1736 is built to IEEE/ANSI C37.34, the standard covering high-voltage air switches, and it is made in the United States, which matters if the job carries a domestic-content or Buy American requirement.
5) Can I use a flexible braid where a rigid copper bus bar link would normally go?
That is exactly the trade. A rigid bar is cheaper and stiffer but transmits every bit of thermal growth, vibration and misalignment straight into the bolted joints. A flexible flat braid like the SWC150A1736 absorbs that movement, so use it at expansion points, across disconnect or breaker blades, and anywhere two assemblies are not perfectly aligned. Where both pads are fixed, coplanar and not moving, a rigid link is fine.
6) Why tin-plated copper instead of bare copper on a switchgear shunt?
The conductor is tin-plated copper. Tin plating slows the oxidation that builds contact resistance at a bolted joint and is the usual choice where the braid bolts to aluminum or tin-plated bus, which is common in switchgear. Bare copper against tinned or aluminum bus needs more attention to joint compound and retorquing.
7) Does the SWC150A1736 include bolts, washers or joint compound?
The braid is sold as the connector alone, each. Bolting hardware and joint compound are not part of it, so plan on supplying the correct grade hardware, Belleville washers if your spec calls for them, and compound to suit the bus material you are landing on.
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Does the Blackburn SWC150A1736 come with a warranty?
Absolutely. The Blackburn SWC150A1736 is backed by a manufacturer’s warranty.
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