Construction
Conductor
Insulation
- Color coded, flame-retardant ethylene propylene rubber (EPR)
Color Code(Per ICEA Method 1)
- Pairs- Black & White and numbered
- Triads- Black, White, Red and numbered
- Aluminium/mylar with tinned copper drain wire
Cable Core
- Conductor components are cabled with non-hygroscopic flame-retardant fillers as necessary and an overall binder tape.
- Overall Jacket
- Flame-retardant chlorinated polyethylene (CPE)
Temperature Rating
- (UL 90°C Dry, 75°C Wet
- ICEA 90°C Dry or Wet
Advantages
- Excellent electrical, thermal, flame and physical properties
- Excellent moisture resistance
- Excellent resistance to crushing
- Excellent low temperature cold bend characteristics
- Excellent flame resistance - burns to an ash, does not exhibit thermal plastic drip.
- UL oil resistant
Applications
- In free air, all raceways or direct burial
- In wet or dry locations
- At temperatures as low as -35°C
- Permitted for use in Class 1 Division 11 Industrial hazardous locations per NEC Article 501 - 4(b).
Approvals
- UL Type TC
- ICEA S-68-516
- OSHA acceptable
- Meet the following flame tests:
- IEEE 383 (70000 BTU/hr)
- UL 1277 (70000 BTU/hr)ICEA T 29-520 (210000 BTU/hr) vertical cable tray flame tests
