Description: Single copper conductor, stranded and insulated with moisture and heat resistant crosslinked polyethylene.
Application: Suitable for wiring in raceways, conduit, etc. Applications include general purpose wiring for power distribution, services, feeders, branch circuit wiring in residential, industrial, and commercial buildings and in photovoltaic systems. Suitable for use in 105ºC dry systems. Also suitable for use in low leakage circuits requiring a dielectric constant of 3.5 or less (Hospital Grade).
Standards:
ASTM Standards:
• B-3 (soft or annealed)
•-8 (concentric lay stranded)
•787 (combination strand)
• UL 44 RHW-2 2kV and UL 4703 (type PV 6AWG and larger)
• C(UL)US RWU90 1kV: CSA/UL Listed
• C(UL) RPVU90 1kV PV Systems
• ICEA S-95-658/NEMA WC-70
• Federal Spec. A-A-59544
• Flame Rated: CT Use (1/0 AWG and larger)
• Temperature Rated at 90ºC Wet/Dry
• Cold Temperature Rated at -40ºC
• Sunlight Resistant
• Gasoline and Oil Resistant II
• Direct Burial: 1kV
• RoHS Compliant
| technical specification: | |
| size awg or kcmil | 8 |
| strand (no.) | 7 |
| insulation thickness (mils) | 80 |
| nominal diameter overall (inch) | 0.30 |
| approx. net weight (lb/1000') | 77 |
| ampacity* 90°c wet/dry | 80 |
| service wire part number | RWU8BK |
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