Collection: Canadian Building Wire

About the Product

Canadian Aluminum building electrical wire is designed for use as a service entrance electrical cable above or below ground. Because of its sunlight and weather-resistant insulation, it can be used as exposed wiring. The wire is suitable for direct burial if the appropriate protection is installed. This building wire's temperature range is between -40 C and 90 C. The voltage rate is 1000 volts.

Applications:

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. Rated for 1000 lbs./FT maximum sidewall pressure.

• -40°C - CSA Cold Bend and Impact Temperature
• -40°C - Min. Installation Temperature
• 90°C - Max. Continuous Operating Temperature

Also Known As:

Canadian Copper Construction Wire, Direct Earth Burial Wire, XLPE insulated power cable, Interlocked armored cable, Bare copper aluminum cable, Armored electrical cable.

Standards:

• CSA C22.2#131 
• ASTM B3 Soft or Annealed Copper Wire
• ASTM B8 Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors
• CSA C22.2 No. 174 Cables in Hazardous Locations
• CSA C22.2 No. 131 Type TECK 90 Cable
• CSA C22.2 No. 2556 & No. 0.3 Wire and Cable Test Methods
• CSA LTGG [-40°C] - as per C68.10 - for Cold Bend and Impact rating
• CSA HL - for Hazardous Locations rating
• CSA SUN RES - for Sunlight Resistant rating
• CSA AG14 - Acid Gas Compliance
• IEEE 383 Flame Test (70,000 btu)
• IEEE 1202 FT4 Flame Test (70,000) BTU/hr Vertical Tray Test.
  
• ASTM – Compact and Compressed aluminum conductors
• Ampacities listed are as per Table 4 in the 2012 Canadian Electrical
• CSA C22.2 No. 48 – Non-metallic sheathed cable - LL90458
• CSA - FT1 rating
  
• ASTM
• CSA C22.2 No. 48 (non-metallic sheathed cable)
• Canadian Electrical Code1
• FT1 rating.

Features:

Type T90 Nylon cables are a mostly have a use for building wire primarily intended for installation in conduit (raceways) or as exposed wiring in dry or damp locations.These cables are also manufactured with annealed (soft) copper conductor and a tough, heat- andmoisture-resistant thermoplastic polyvinyl chloride (PVC) insulation and nylon covering with FT1 rating.
Maximum ratings at 600 volts.
Meets Spec. of CSA C22.2 N° 75-03
Minimum necessary installation temperature minus 10°C (with suitable handling procedures).
Maximum conductor temperature 90°C dry, 75°C in wet locations, and 60°C when exposed to oil.
Not Sunlight approved.