Application
Type W Cable is a portable power cable for use outdoors in industrial and mining applications or use to supply power to mobile equipment and machinery.
Temperature rating and voltage rating
90°C and 2000V
Standards reference
ASTM B3 Specification for Soft or Annealed Copper Wire
ASTM B33 Specification for Tin-Coated Soft or Annealed Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes
ASTM B172 Specification for Rope-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors Having Bunch-Stranded Copper Conductors
UL1650 Standard for Portable Power Cable
CSA-C22.2 No.96 Standard for Portable Power Cables
Construction
- Power Conductor: Tinned copper or bare soft copper conductors from 8AWG to 1000kcmil
- Separator: Polyester tape
- Insulation: Ethylene Propylene Rubber (EPR)
- Reinforcement binder: Reinforcing twine
- Jacket: Thermosetting Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE)
Technical Parameter
| Size
AWG or kcmil |
EPR Insulation Thickness | CPE Jacket Thickness | Approx Cable OD | |||
| mils | mm | mils | mm | In. | mm | |
| 8 | 60 | 1.52 | 75 | 1.91 | 0.453 | 11.5 |
| 6 | 60 | 1.52 | 95 | 2.41 | 0.543 | 13.8 |
| 4 | 60 | 1.52 | 95 | 2.41 | 0.583 | 14.8 |
| 2 | 60 | 1.52 | 95 | 2.41 | 0.661 | 16.8 |
| 1 | 80 | 2.03 | 95 | 2.41 | 0.764 | 19.4 |
| 1/0 | 80 | 2.03 | 95 | 2.41 | 0.783 | 19.9 |
| 2/0 | 80 | 2.03 | 95 | 2.41 | 0.898 | 22.8 |
| 4/0 | 80 | 2.03 | 95 | 2.41 | 1.028 | 26.1 |
| 250 | 95 | 2.41 | 95 | 2.41 | 1.130 | 28.7 |
| 350 | 95 | 2.41 | 95 | 2.41 | 1.276 | 32.4 |
| 500 | 95 | 2.41 | 95 | 2.41 | 1.445 | 36.7 |
Note: Copper strands smaller than 36AWG (0.0127mm2) shall not be used. Circuit conductors 8-3 AWG shall contain a minimum of 49 strands; 2-2/0AWG shall contain a min. of 133 strands; and 3/0-1000 kcmil shall contain a min. of 259 strands.