General Cable Armored Thermocouple Pairs Individual and Overall Shield UL Type ITC-HL PLTC PVC Sunlight-Resistant Direct Burial UL Marine Shipboard Cable ABS CWCMC CCW®

Product Details

Conductor: 20 AWG solid alloy wire per ANSI MC 96.1 

Insulation: 
• Flame-retardant Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), rated 105°C per UL Standards 13 and 2250 
• ANSI color-coded insulation, with one conductor in each pair printed alpha numerically for easy identification 

Shielded Pairs: 
• Isolated and individually twisted pairs with a Flexfoil® aluminum/polyester tape shield providing 100% coverage 
• Stranded tinned copper drain wire, two sizes smaller than insulated conductors 

Cable Assembly: 
• Individually shielded pairs and communication wire are cabled together with a left-hand lay 
• Communication wire: 22 AWG solid bare copper, flame-retardant Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), rated 105°C, orange 

Overall Shield: 
• Flexfoil® aluminum/polyester tape shield providing 100% coverage 
• Stranded tinned copper drain wire, same size as insulated conductors 

Inner Jacket: 
• Flame-retardant Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) per UL Standards 13 and 2250 
• ANSI color-coded inner jacket 
• Low temperature performance meets ASTM D746 brittleness temperature at or below -40°C 
• Nylon rip cord to facilitate jacket removal 

CCW Armor: 
• Impervious, continuously welded and corrugated aluminum alloy sheath per UL 1569 
• CCW armor conductivity meets the grounding requirements of NEC Article 250 

Overall Jacket: 
• Flame-retardant, moisture- and sunlight-resistant Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) per UL Standards 13 and 2250 
• ANSI color-coded overall jacket 
• Low temperature performance meets ASTM D746 brittleness temperature at or below -40°C 

Applications: 
• CCW armored Thermocouple Extension cables with individually shielded pairs and an overall shield provide superior protection and reliability against physical damage for use in       instrumentation and process control applications requiring ITC-HL or PLTC wiring methods where shielding against both external EMI and EMI between pairs is required 
• For use as Power Limited Tray Cable on circuits rated 150 V or less and 5 amps or less in Class 2 or Class 3 circuits in accordance with NEC Article 725 
• For use as Instrumentation Tray Cable on circuits rated 150 V or less and 5 amps or less in accordance with NEC Article 727 
• Recognized for use in Class I and III, Divisions 1 and 2; Class II, Division 2; or Class I, Zones 1 and 2 hazardous locations per NEC Articles 501, 502, 503   and 505 
• Installed indoors or outdoors, in wet or dry locations, in a raceway, as aerial cable on a messenger, in cable trays, or for direct burial 
• Recognized for use on fixed or floating offshore petroleum facilities as recommended by the American Petroleum Institute 

Features: 
• CCW armor provides superior mechanical protection and an impervious barrier to moisture, gas and liquids 
• CCW armor provides EMI shielding performance
• Meets cold impact at -40°C 

Specifications: 
Design Adherence: 
• UL 13 Power-Limited Circuit Cables 
• UL 2250 Instrumentation Tray Cable 
• UL 1569 Metal Clad Cables
• UL 1309/CSA C22.2 No. 245 Marine Shipboard Cable 

Flame Tests: 
• ICEA T-29-520 (210,000 BTU/hr) 
• IEEE 383 (70,000 BTU/hr) 
• CSA FT4 
• IEEE 1202 (70,000 BTU/hr) 
• UL 1581 (70,000 BTU/hr)
• IEC 60332-3 Cat. A 

Compliances: 
• UL Type PLTC, SUN RES, DIR BUR, -40°C, UL File # E36118 
• UL Type ITC-HL, UL File # E177408 
• UL Listed Marine Shipboard, UL File # E85994 
• American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Listed for CWCMC 
• RoHS Compliant