Designation:B889–98StandardSpecificationforSolidHard-DrawnAluminumWireforElectricalPurposes1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationB889;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverssolidhard-drawnaluminumwiremanufacturedforelectricalapplications.1.2ThisspecificationcontainsrequirementsthatarenotinaccordancewithSpecificationB230.1.3ThisspecificationisaNorthAmericanharmonizeddocument.(Canada,Mexico,andtheUnitedStates).1.4ProductsmanufacturedincompliancewiththisstandardwillalsobeinagreementwithIEC889.1.5Thisspecificationsetsforthrequirementsinmetricunits.1.6Thefollowingprecautionarystatementpertainsonlytothetestmethodportion,Section13,ofthisspecification:Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappropriatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplicabilityofregulatorylimita-tionspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1Thefollowingdocumentsformapartofthisspecifica-tiontotheextentreferencedherein:2.2ASTMStandards:B230SpecificationforAluminum1350-H19WireforElec-tricalPurposes22.3IECStandard:IEC889HardDrawnAluminumWireforOverheadLineConductors33.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1lot—agroupofproductionunitsthatwasproducedduringthesametimeperiod,undersimilarproductioncondi-tions,andispresentedforacceptanceatthesametime.3.1.2productionunit—acoil,reel,spool,orotherpackageofwirethatrepresentsasingleusablelength.3.1.3qualityassessmentprocedure—aprocedurefollowedbythemanufacturerthatshowsevidenceofstatisticalcontrol.3.1.4sample—theproductionunitorunitsfromwhichatestspecimenorspecimenshasbeenremoved,andthatisconsid-eredtohavepropertiesrepresentativeofthelot.3.1.5specimen—alengthofwireremovedfortestpurposes.4....
