Composite Conductor

A composite conductor consists of two or more strands of different metals, such as aluminum and steel, or copper and steel (i.e., ACSR, ACAR, AWAC). A conductor con­sisting throughout its length of two or more metal conductors providing parallel paths sharing the load. A composite cable is one in which the gauge of the conductors, and/or the type of construction, is not the same throughout its cross-section.