Type W Three-Conductor Round Portable Power Cable 2kV
Applications
These cables are designed for general use where bare grounding conductors are not required or desired.
Standards
- ICEA S-75-381/NEMA WC 58
- ASTM B 172
- ASTM B 33
- CAN/CSA C22.2 No. 96
Construction
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Conductors | Stranded annealed tinned copper conductor. |
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Insulation | Ethylene Propylene Rubber (EPR). |
Jacket | Reinforced heavy-duty/extra-heavy-duty Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE), black. (Cables having a nominal outside diameter of more than 2.0 inches require extra-heavy-duty jackets.) |
Options
Other jacket materials such as CSP/PCP/NBR/PVC are available upon request.
Two-layer jacket with reinforcing fibre between the two layers can be offered as an option.
Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Minimum Bending Radius | 6×OD |
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Maximum Conductor Operating Temperature | +90℃ |
Dimensions and Weight
Construction | No. of Strands | Nominal Insulation Thickness | Nominal Jacket Thickness | Nominal Overall Diameter | Nominal Weight | Ampacity | ||||
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No. of cores × AWG/kcmil | - | inch | mm | inch | mm | inch | mm | lbs/kft | kg/km | A |
3×8 | 133 | 0.06 | 1.5 | 0.125 | 3.2 | 0.91 | 23.1 | 550 | 818 | 59 |
3×6 | 133 | 0.06 | 1.5 | 0.140 | 3.6 | 1.01 | 25.7 | 730 | 1086 | 79 |
3×4 | 259 | 0.06 | 1.5 | 0.155 | 3.9 | 1.17 | 29.7 | 1020 | 1518 | 104 |
3×2 | 259 | 0.06 | 1.5 | 0.155 | 3.9 | 1.34 | 34.0 | 1430 | 2128 | 138 |
3×1 | 259 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 0.170 | 4.3 | 1.51 | 38.4 | 1800 | 2678 | 161 |
3×1/0 | 266 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 0.170 | 4.3 | 1.65 | 41.9 | 2140 | 3184 | 186 |
3×2/0 | 342 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 0.190 | 4.8 | 1.75 | 44.5 | 2580 | 3839 | 215 |
3×3/0 | 418 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 0.190 | 4.8 | 1.89 | 48.0 | 2922 | 4347 | 249 |
3×4/0 | 532 | 0.08 | 2.0 | 0.205 | 5.2 | 2.04 | 51.8 | 3800 | 5654 | 287 |
3×250 | 741 | 0.095 | 2.4 | 0.220 | 5.6 | 2.39 | 60.7 | 4368 | 6500 | 320 |
3×350 | 888 | 0.095 | 2.4 | 0.235 | 6.0 | 2.66 | 67.5 | 5895 | 8772 | 394 |
3×500 | 1221 | 0.095 | 2.4 | 0.250 | 6.4 | 2.98 | 75.8 | 7820 | 11638 | 487 |
Ampacity-Based on a conductor temperature of 90℃ and an ambient air temperature of 40℃, per ICEA S-75-381.