The weight that a busbar support can accommodate is not determined solely by the material from which it is manufactured. In most applications, the load-bearing capability of the support is heavily influenced by how it is installed within the assembly and how the overall busbar system is designed and supported.

Termate’s busbar supports are used with a wide range of conductor sizes, configurations, and numbers of conductors per phase or pole. Rather than focusing purely on weight capacity, the key consideration is ensuring that the support system can withstand the electromechanical forces generated during a short-circuit event.

For this reason, busbar support selection is typically based on factors such as conductor dimensions, phase spacing, support centres, and the required short-circuit withstand rating, rather than the static weight of the conductors alone.