FR-EPR/CPE, Low-Voltage Power, Unshielded 600V, UL
Type TC-ER—Method 4 Color Code

Application

These cables are uesd in free air, raceways or direct burial, wet or dry locations and Class I Division 2 industrial hazardous locations per NEC. They are permitted for Exposed Run ‘ER’ use in accordance with NEC for 3 or more conductors.

Standard:

Industry Standard:
UL 44 Type XHHW-2
UL 1277 Type TC-ER
UL 1581
ICEA S-95-658/NEMA WC70
Flame Tests Standard:
UL 1581 VW-1
UL 1277
IEEE 383
IEEE 1202
CSA FT-4
ICEA T-29-520
Other Standard:
EPA 40 CFR, Part 261 for leachable lead content per TCLP

Cable Construction

Conductor: Tinned, annealed copper per ASTM B33 class B.
Insulation: Flame-retardant Ethylene Propylene Rubber (FR-EPR) Type II.
Color-coded: per ICEA Method 4; Individual conductors colored black with conductor number surface printed in contrasting ink.
Ground: Uninsulated tinned annealed copper per ASTM B3 class B.
Jacket: Flame-retardant thermoplastic Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE).

 

Cable Parameter

NO. of CON.	CON. Size (AWG)	CON. Strand	Ground Wire Size (AWG)	Min. AVG. Insulation Thickness		Min. AVG. Jacket Thickness		Appr. Cable O.D.		Appr. Cable Weight
				Inches	mm	Inches	mm	Inches	mm	LBS/ 1000 FT	kg/km
3	14	7/0.0242	14	0.030	0.76	0.060	1.52	0.430	10.92	118	176
3	12	7/0.0305	12	0.030	0.76	0.060	1.52	0.480	12.19	160	238
3	10	7/0.0385	10	0.030	0.76	0.060	1.52	0.565	14.35	237	353
3	8	7/0.0486	10	0.045	1.14	0.060	1.52	0.655	16.64	314	467
4	8	7/0.0486	10	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	0.720	18.29	393	585
3	6	7/0.0612	8	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	0.740	18.80	456	679
4	6	7/0.0612	8	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	0.790	20.07	561	835
3	4	7/0.0772	8	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	0.880	22.35	642	955
4	4	7/0.0772	8	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	0.950	24.13	822	1223
3	2	7/0.0974	6	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	1.010	25.65	979	1457
4	2	7/0.0974	6	0.045	1.14	0.080	2.03	1.090	27.69	1235	1838
3	1	19/0.0664	6	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.120	28.45	1021	1594
4	1	19/0.0664	6	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.235	31.37	1521	2264
3	1/0	19/0.0745	6	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.225	31.12	1439	2142
4	1/0	19/0.0745	6	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.330	33.78	1820	2709
3	2/0	19/0.0837	6	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.300	33.02	1720	2560
4	2/0	19/0.0837	6	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.440	36.58	2208	3286
3	3/0	19/0.0940	4	0.055	1.40	0.080	2.03	1.420	36.07	2176	3238
4	3/0	19/0.0940	4	0.055	1.40	0.110	2.79	1.570	39.88	2788	3405
3	4/0	19/0.1055	4	0.055	1.40	0.110	2.79	1.540	39.12	2614	3890
4	4/0	19/0.1055	4	0.055	1.40	0.110	2.79	1.790	45.47	3495	5201
3	250	37/0.0822	4	0.065	1.65	0.110	2.79	1.760	44.70	3184	4738
4	250	37/0.0822	4	0.065	1.65	0.110	2.79	1.915	48.64	4019	5981
3	350	37/0.0973	3	0.065	1.65	0.110	2.79	1.960	49.78	4187	6231
4	350	37/0.0973	3	0.065	1.65	0.110	2.79	2.165	5499	5436	8090
3	500	37/0.1162	2	0.065	1.65	0.110	2.79	2.245	57.02	5847	8702
4	500	37/0.1162	2	0.065	1.65	0.110	2.79	2.475	62.87	7607	11321
3	750	61/0.1109	1	0.080	2.03	0.130	3.55	2.810	71.37	9145	13610
4	750	61/0.1109	1	0.080	2.03	0.130	3.55	3.115	79.12	11805	17569