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Connectors & Grounding — Blackburn
®
Grounding Systems
Ground Plates
More efficient than butt-wrapping poles.
Type GP — Copper Pole Bottom Ground Plates
for Multigrounded Neutral Construction
• Made of electrolytic sheet copper
• Built-in high-pressure connector for ground lead,
or supplied with #6 AWG copper pigtail pre-attached
• Plates are grooved for trapping moisture
Installed cost considerably
less than butt-wrapped poles.
Type PB — Copper Pole Ground Plates
• Installed on butt end of utility poles to provide
an economical, low-resistance neutral ground
• Plate portion fabricated of .025" pure copper
• PBGW connector is eye-bolt type, cast of corrosion-
resistant aluminum bronze alloy, with silicon bronze
nut and lockwasher
• PBH connector features riveted all-copper terminal
lug for connecting to grounding conductor
CAT. NO.
PIGTAIL WIRE RANGE DIAMETER OF PLATE
MIN. MAX. MIN. (MM
2
) MAX. (MM
2
) (IN.) (MM)
GP100 #14 Str. #4 Sol. 6.3 25.6 7
1
⁄2 191
GP110 #14 Str. #4 Sol. 6.3 25.6 10 254
GP114 #14 Str. #4 Sol. 6.3 25.6 14 356
GP1003
#6 AWG Solid Cu Pigtail
with 18" Conductor
— — 7
1
⁄2 191
GP1008
#6 AWG Solid Cu Pigtail
with 8-ft. Conductor
— — 7
1
⁄2 191
GP1108
#6 AWG Solid Cu Pigtail
with 8-ft. Conductor
— — 10 254
CAT. NO.
WIRE RANGE SURFACE AREA
FINISHED SIZE SQ. IN.MAX. MIN.
PBGW 2/0 Str. #10 Sol. 7 x 7
5
⁄8 56
PBH
‡
#4 Str. #14 Sol. 7 x 7
3
⁄8 56
‡
RUS Accepted.
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