Caledonian Cables

THWN-2 600V, XLPE Insulated & PVC Sheathed Power Cable

Application:

These flame retardant cable are designed for use in power, control and lighting circuits in a broad range of commercial and industrial applications. Suitable for use in wet or dry locations at 90¡ãC, for installation indoors or outdoors, aerially, in conduits, ducts, cable trays or direct burial in circuits not exceeding 600 volts. May be used in NEC Class I and II, Division 2 hazardous locations. Recognised for use at 90¡ãC for continuous operation, 130¡ãC for emergency overload ratings, and 250¡ãC for short circuit ratings.

Conductor:

Soft bare annealed copper per ASTM B-3, Class B stranding per ASTM B-8 and UL 44 Paragraph 12.6.

Insulation:

Cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) per ICEA S-95-658 and UL 44 for Type XHHW-2 conductors.

Grounding Conductor:

Concentric compressed stranded soft bare annealed copper per ASTM B-3, Class B stranding per ASTM B-8 sized in accordance with UL 1277.

Cabling:

Three or more conductors are assembled round with non-hygroscopic fillers as needed. A tape binder is applied over the assembly.

Jacket:

Sunlight-resistant gas/vaportight PVC per UL 1277 table 11-1 & ICEA S-95-658 section 4.

Flame Tests:

. UL and IEEE 383 70,000 BTUIhr flame test.

Color Code:

ICEA Method 4

Additional Standards:

UL Type TC Tray Cable per Article 336 of the NEC.
NEMA WC 70

Three Cores

Size AWG or kcmil	Stranding	Ampacity	Nominal Thickness of Insulation (mils/mm)	Grounding Conductors Three Per Cable(awg)	Nominal Thickness of Jacket (mils/mm)	Nominal Overall Diameter (inches/mm)	Approx.Weight(lbs/1000ft)
8 6 4 2	7 7 7 7	59 79 104 138	45/1.14 45/1.14 45/1.14 45/1.14	14 12 12 10	60/1.52 60/1.52 80/2.02 80/2.02	0.63/16.0 0.72/18.3 0.84/21.4 0.97/24.6	315 420 695 980
1 1/0 2/0 3/0 4/0	19 19 19 19 19	161 186 215 249 287	55/1.39 55/1.39 55/1.39 55/1.39 55/1.39	10 10 10 7 7	80/2.02 80/2.02 80/2.02 80/2.02 80/2.02	1.11/28.2 1.20/30.5 1.29/32.8 1.40/35.6 1.52/38.6	1230 1450 1820 2185 2745
250 350 500 750	37 37 37 61	320 394 489 615	65/1.65 65/1.65 65/1.65 80/2.02	7 7 5 5	110/2.79 110/2.79 110/2.79 140/3.55	1.73/43.9 1.96/49.8 2.23/56.7 2.75/69.9	3215 4505 6300 9490

Four Cores

Size AWG or kcmll	Stranding	Ampacity	Nominal Grounding Thickness of Insulation(mils/mm)	Grounding Conductors Three Per Cable(awg)	Nominal Thickness of Jacket(mils/mm)	Nominal Overall Diameter (inches/mm)	Approx.Weight(lbs/1000ft)
8 6 4 2	7 7 7 7	47 63 83 110	45/1.14 45/1.14 45/1.14 45/1.14	12 10 10 8	60/1.52 60/1.52 80/2.02 80/2.02	0.69/17.5 0.77/19.6 0.93/23.6 1.07/27.2	380 530 825 1225
1 1/0 2/0 3/0	19 19 19 19	129 149 172 199	55/1.39 55/1.39 55/1.39 55/1.39 55/1.39	8 8 8 6	80/2.02 80/2.02 80/2.02 80/2.02	1.23/31.2 1.39/33.8 1.43/36.3 1.55/39.4	1525 1805 2440 2635
4/0 250 350 500 750	19 37 37 37 61	230 256 315 391 492	55/1.39 65/1.65 65/1.65 65/1.65 80/2.02	6 6 6 4 4	110/2.79 110/2.79 110/2.79 110/2.79 140/3.55	1.74/44.2 1.92/48.8 2.17/55.1 2.48/63.1 3.05/77.5	3495 4100 5660 8150 12000