Applications
Type MC Cable - "flame retardant sunlight resistant PVC Jacket" is suitable for use as follows:
• Direct burial applications, installation in concrete and where exposed to cinder fills, strong chlorides, caustic alkalis, or vapors of chlorine or of hydrochloric acids.
• 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. • Places of Assembly per NEC 518.4 and theaters per NEC 520.5.
• As aerial cable on a messenger. • 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. STANDARDS & REFERENCES
Southwire AlumaFlex TM Type MC Cable with triple e TM Aluminum Alloy - "PVC Jacketed" meet or exceed the following requirements
• UL 83 • UL 1569 • UL 1685 • Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B) • Jacketed & Non Jacketed will both pass " UL Test" & "FT4/IEEE 1202"(70,000 Btu/hr) Vertical Cable Tray Flame Test • National Electrical Code • Listed for use in UL 1, 2, and 3 Hour Through-Penetration Firestop Systems CONSTRUCTION Southwire AlumaFlex TM Type MC Cable with triple e TM Aluminum Alloy - "PVC Jacketed" is constructed with Aluminum Type THHN/THWN-2 conductors rated 90°C wet or dry, and a bare aluminum grounding conductor for sizes 1/0 AWG and larger. The conductors are cabled together and a binder tape is wrapped around the assembly. Aluminum interlocking armor is applied over the assembly. A black flame retardant sunlight resistant PVC jacket is applied over the armor. The jacket is
available in blue or gray colors upon request, subject to economic order quantites. Also available in High Voltage Colors. Standard PVC Jacket will not meet "Limited Smoke or LS Rating". Optional SOLONON Jacket can be provided for "LS" Rating.