Blackburn FBE4H245A1-14 XFLEX BRAID 4 9/16H 1/2X3.75X 14 IN

It's an extra flexible braid connector, a flat tin-plated copper braid used to make a flexible current-carrying connection between rigid bus or equipment terminals, typically in substation and switchgear work where thermal movement, vibration, or slight misalignment has to be absorbed instead of stressing the bus. The FBE4H245A1-14 is a 4-hole pattern with 14 in cable length, built to CEI60694 and IEEE/ANSI C37.34-1994.

Cable length is 14 in. Braid length is what sets the gap it can bridge and how much movement it can take up, so measure terminal pad to terminal pad on your installed condition, and allow the braid to sit with a slight bow rather than pulled taut. A tight braid transmits the movement it was installed to absorb.

The conductor on the FBE4H245A1-14 is tin-plated copper. Tin plating slows oxidation on the copper strands and mating faces, which keeps joint resistance stable over time and makes the braid suitable for bolting to aluminum or tin-plated bus without the galvanic concerns of a bare copper to aluminum contact.

A flat flexible braid like the FBE4H245A1-14 is the usual choice where the connection has to flex repeatedly or absorb thermal expansion between bolted bus pads: the flat cross-section bolts directly flat to a pad with no terminal lug, and the braid construction flexes in the plane of the bus. A round cable jumper with compression lugs is the better pick when you need to route around obstacles or span a longer distance than a braid comfortably bows across. This one is catalogued as flexible, flat-shape braid at 14 in.

Sold each. One connector per order, and only the FBE4H245A1-14 configuration is offered under that model number, so on a three-phase job you'd order three (or six, if you're shunting both sides of a switch).

Country of origin is the United States. That matters on public-sector and utility work where Buy American or domestic-content sourcing language shows up in the purchase order.