Product Information

Specification

1/4 W/GRND Stranded Aluminum Conductors PVC Jacket Metal Clad

Allowable Ampacity for 1-4 W/GRND ALUMINUM CONDUCTORS PVC JACKET METAL CLAD at 75°C: 100 Amps

Applications:

PVC jacketed MC cable, or aluminum metal clad cable, is an electrical wire used under high ambient temperature in power distribution, particularly in feeder, branch, and service ones, in diverse purpose buildings. The PVC MC cable is also used for diverse circuits, such as control, signal, power, and lighting ones, as well as the electrical cable is used for installations, air-handling spaces, places of assembly, aerial applications, cable tray and raceways, IT equipment, and hazardous locations.

Also Known As:

1-4 jacketed metal clad cable, 1-4 jacketed mc cable, 1-4 pvc jacketed mc cable, 1-4 pvc jacketed mc cable connectors, 1-4 pvc mc cable, 1-4 mc wires, 1-4 cable metal clad, 1-4 aluminum clad wire, 1-4 mc feeder cable, 1-4 electrical feeder cable, 1-4 outdoor mc cable, 1-4 electrical wire feeder, 1-4 isolated ground mc cable, 1-4 aluminum mc cable.

Standards: 

• UL 44, UL 1569 for type MC 
• ICEA S – 95-658 
• NEMA WC70 
• Federal Spec A-A59544 (formerly J – C – 30B) 
• IEEEE 1202 70,000 BTU vertical flame test

Construction

Conductors:

PVC jacketed MC cable conductor is an 8000 series aluminum conductor. These conductors are also light, soft, and flexible, hence easy to work with, especially during installation.

Insulation:

The jacketed metal clad cable has a color-coded cross-linked polyethylene (XLP) insulation, which improves the service life of the cable. XLP is resistant to abrasion, heat, corrosive chemicals, moisture, and sunlight, making the cable withstand the punishing outdoor conditions. Due to color coding, it is easily identifiable and non-conducting, which keeps the user safe from shocks.

Jacket:

The jacket is an overall black polyvinyl chloride PVC jacket, which is heat, moisture, and sunlight resistant.

Armor:

The armor of the PVC jacketed MC cable is an overall aluminum interlocked armor. 

Specifications:

No. Conductors: 4
Conductor Size (AWG/kcmil): 1
Ground Wire Size: 4 AWG
Conductor Strand: 7
Insulation Thickness ( inches ): 0.055
Jacket Thickness ( inches ): 0.050
Diameter Over Armor ( inches ):1.36
Diameter Over Jacket ( inches ): 1.46
Net Weight ( lbs/kft ): 811
Ampacity** at 75°C: 100
Ampacity** at 90°C: 115

Application:

• Aluminum Conductor - Aluminum MC Cable is suitable for use in branch, feeder and service power distribution under high ambient temperature in commercial, industrial, institutional, casinos and multi-residential buildings; for power, lighting, control and signal circuits; in concealed or exposed installations; in environmental air-handling spaces per NEC 300.22; in places of assembly per NEC 518.4 and theaters per NEC 520.5; in aerial applications when attached to a messenger; for installation in cable tray and approved raceways; under raised floors for IT equipment per NEC 645.5(D) and 645.5(D)(2); Class I Div 2, Class II Div 2, Class III Div 1 hazardous locations.

Conductors:

• Aluminum Conductor - Aluminum MC Cable has a compact strand 8000 series aluminum alloy conductors.

Insulation:

• Aluminum Conductor - Aluminum MC Cable has color coded cross-linked polyethylene XLP insulation. The cable ground is either bare or has green insulation. A binder tape is wrapped over the conductor assembly.

Armor:

• Aluminum Conductor - Aluminum MC Cable has an overall aluminum interlocked armor.

Jacket:

• Aluminum Conductor – Aluminum MC Cable has an overall black polyvinyl chloride PVC jacket, which is heat, moisture and sunlight resistant.

Standards:

• UL 44, UL 1569 for type MC
• ICEA S – 95-658
• NEMA WC70
• Federal Spec A-A59544 (formerly J – C – 30B)
• IEEEE 1202 70,000 BTU vertical flame test

*Data provided on this page is subject to change based on different manufacturers' variances

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In the case the material only comes in a predetermined color or doesn’t come with any color