APPLICATION
For exposed or concealed wiring in wet or dry locations. For use in ventilated, non-ventilated and ladder type cable troughs and ventilated flexible cableway in wet, dry or hazardous locations. Sunlight Resistant. Typical
applications are for control. lighting and power circuits in: pulp and paper mills, steel mills, food processing plants, commercial centers, mines, generating stations, refineries, industrial plants and chemical plants.


 

• Type MC Cable is suitable for use as follows:
  • Branch, feeder and service power distribution in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-residential buildings.
  • Power, lighting, control, and signal circuits.
  • Fished or embedded in plaster.
  • Concealed or exposed installations.
  • Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC 300.22 (C).
  • Places of Assembly per NEC 518.4 and theaters per NEC 520.5.
  • Installation in cable tray and approved raceways.
  • Under raised floors for information technology equipment conductors and cables per NEC 645.5(D) & 645.5(D)(2).
  • Class I Div. 2, Class II Div 2, & Class III Div. 1 Hazardous Locations.

• Type AC Cable is suitable for use as follows:
  • Branch, feeder and service power distribution in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-residential buildings.
  • Power, lighting, control, and signal circuits.
  • Dry locations only.
  • Fished or embedded in plaster.
  • Concealed or exposed installations.
  • Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC 300.22 (C).
  • Installation in cable tray and approved raceways.
  • Under raised floors for information technology equipment conductors and cables per NEC 645.5(D) & 645.5(D)(2).

STANDARDS & REFERENCES

Type AC Cable meet or exceeds the following requirements
• UL 4, 83, 1581, 2556
• Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B)
• National Electrical Code Article 320 Armored Cable: Type AC

Type MC Cable meets or exceeds the requirements of the following
• UL 83
• UL 1569
• UL 1685
• Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B)
• FT4/IEEE 1202 (70,000 Btu/hr) Vertical Cable Tray Flame Test
• NEC
• Listed for use in UL 1, 2 and 3 Hour Through Penetration Firestop Systems

CONSTRUCTION

Conductor
•• Class B stranded copper
Insulation
•• Cross-Linked Polyethylene (XLPE)
•• Colour Code:
-- 2/C black, white
-- 3/C red, black, blue
-- 4/C red, black, blue, white
-- For 5/C cables or more, the insulation is black and numbered
Grounding Conductors
•• Uninsulated Class B stranded grounding conductor
Assembly
•• Multiple conductor cables assembled with
suitable fillers and binder tape
Inner Jacket
•• Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
Armour
•• Aluminum Interlocked Armour (AIA)
Overall Jacket
•• Black PVC (optional colours available)
Temperature
•• -40°C to 90°C
Voltage
•• 600V