Blackburn FBXDRL ROLL, FLEXIBLE BRAID,105.6 KCMIL

The FBXDRL is a flat, flexible tin-plated copper braid sized at 105.6 KCMIL, supplied on a roll and used to make bonding jumpers. It is the braid alone, with no lugs or terminals attached, so you cut the length you need and terminate it yourself. Typical work is bonding across expansion joints, hinged enclosure doors, equipment frames, raceway couplings, and anywhere a rigid conductor would fatigue from movement or vibration.

No. The FBXDRL is braid only, so terminals are a separate line item. Plan on compression or bolted lugs rated for the braid's 105.6 KCMIL cross section, plus the bolts, washers and any anti-oxidant compound your connection calls for. If you want a jumper that arrives with ends already attached, order a made-up braided bonding jumper instead of the bulk roll.

The braid is 105.6 KCMIL of copper cross section, which sits between 1/0 AWG and 2/0 AWG in copper area. Size your bonding jumper from the table your inspector is working to and confirm 105.6 KCMIL meets or exceeds the required copper area for that application before you cut.

Pricing and ordering are by the foot, and the braid ships as a continuous roll rather than pre-cut jumpers. Order the total footage your job needs and cut to length in the field.

Movement is the reason. Flat flexible braid takes repeated flexing at expansion joints, hinged doors and vibrating equipment without work-hardening and cracking the way a round stranded conductor eventually will, and its flat profile lies tight against a frame or panel so it does not need a large bend radius. For a fixed run between two stationary points, ordinary stranded copper grounding conductor is the simpler and cheaper choice.

The conductor is tin-plated copper. The tin coating slows surface oxidation, which keeps the braid easier to terminate cleanly and helps in damp, coastal or corrosive atmospheres where bare copper dulls quickly. It is still a copper conductor electrically, so it is compatible with copper-rated lugs and connectors; use connectors listed for the metals you are joining if the other side of the connection is aluminum.

Country of origin on the FBXDRL is the United States, which is what a government, institutional or federally funded job usually needs documented for domestic-content procurement.

Blackburn FBXDRL is the part number, and it covers the 105.6 KCMIL flat tin-plated copper braid on a roll. There is one configuration, so the only thing you specify is footage.