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Applications
Flame retardant control/power cable in free air, raceway and direct burial, for use in wet or dry locations. Rated at 90 ºC wet or dry. Permitted for Exposed Run use in accordance with NEC for 3 or more conductors . Approved for direct burial, Class I, Div. 2 industrial hazardous locations per NEC. Sunlight-and weather-resistant. Meets cold bend test at -40 ºC.

Construction
8 AWG thru 750 kcmil annealed stranded copper conductors per ASTM B33. Class B stranding per ASTM B8. Flame-retardant FR-XLPE insulation, XLPO jacket, color-coded per ICEA Method 1; Table E-1. Sizes 8 AWG and larger are color-coded per ICEA Method 4; Individual conductors colored black with conductor number surface printed in contrasting ink

Standards
  • Listed by UL as Type TC per Standard 1277 for Tray Cables.
  • Cables UL listed for Direct Burial.
  • Individual conductors pass UL 1581 VW-1 flame test.
  • Individual conductors UL44 listed as Type XHHW-2.
  • Overall jacket UL listed as Sunlight Resistant.
  • Cables with grounding conductor UL listed for Open Wiring.
  • Cables pass IEEE-383 ribbon burner flame test.
  • Cables pass IEEE1202/CSA FT4 (70,000 BTU/hr) cable tray flame test.
  • Cables meet requirements of ICEA S-73-532, NEMA WC70 for Control Cables.
  • Cables meet requirements of ICEA T-29-520 AND CSA FT-4
Notes
  • Cables may be supplied with an insulated ground and marked ""Open Wiring.""
  • Standard color coding is Method 1 for NEC applications per Appendix E, Table E-2 of ICEA S-73-532(TECH I006). This color coding method omits white and green from the color sequence. A white or green conductor can be supplied on request.
  • Color Coding also available ICEA Method 1, Table E-1; power sizes, ICEA Method 4.
Options
  • Bare or Tinned Copper
  • Flexible stranded conductors
  • E1 or E2 color codes
  • EPR Insulation
  • PVC, CPE, CSPE jackets
  • Overall copper tape shield
  • Overall copper braid shield
  • Overall longitudinal corrugated copper shield
  • Overall Mylar tape shield with drain wire
  • 1000 volt rated construction
Consult AWG for a variety of alternate constructions for specific applications.

Specifications

Number
of
Conductors

 N/A 3+GRD

Conductor
Size
AWG

 N/A 500

Conductor
Stranding

 N/A 37

Ground
Wire
Size
AWG

 N/A 2

Insulation
Thickness
(mm)

 N/A 0.065

Nominal
Jacket
Thickness
(in)

 N/A 0.11

Nominal
Jacket
Thickness
(mm)

 N/A 2.8

Nominal
Cable
O.D.
(in)

 N/A 2.320

Nominal
Cable
O.D.
(mm)

 N/A 58.9

Approximate
Weight
/MFT
(lb)

 N/A 6092

Approximate
Cable
Weight
kg/km

 N/A 9016