American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2005. Published November 2005. Originally approved in 2000. Last previous edition approved in 2000 as B 913 – 00. 5 p. This test method establishes the requirements for a standardized method of evaluating the quality of crimped-type electrical connections to solid or stranded conductors. This test method applies to 16-gauge and smaller diameter copper wire, coated or uncoated.