SUBSTATION INSTRUMENTATION CABLE
Instrumentation
Cable
CONSTRUCTION
AT A GLANCE
Applications
•Overall Jacket
• Predominantly used in utility substations
•H
eat, Moisture and Sunlight Resistant
Black Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
CONDUCTOR TYPE 1
18 – 16 AWG Copper
• Can be installed indoors or outdoors,
direct burial, free air, raceways, encased in
concrete, open trays, troughs, or continuous
rigid cable support
INSULATION TYPE 2
PVC/NYLON
•Other Uses
• Class 1 remote-control and signaling
circuits
JACKET TYPE 3
PVC
• Class 1, Division 2 hazardous locations
• Conductor operating temperatures are not
to exceed 90°C wet or dry
• Rated 600 Volts
•Print
• Pairs: Southwire X PR OAS XXAWG
Shielded (UL) Type TC 600V THHN/
TFFN SUN RES DIR BURIAL RoHS
(Month/Day/Year) Sequential
footage marks
• Triads: Southwire X TR OAS
XXAWG Shielded (UL) type TC 600V
THHN/TFFN SUN RES DIR BURIAL
RoHS (Month/Day/Year) SequenSEQUENtial footage marks
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
SPECIFICATIONS
•Conductors
Southwire’s Substation Instrumentation
Cable meets or exceeds:
• All Applicable ASTM Specifications
• 18 or 16 AWG, 7 Strand, Annealed Bare
Copper
•Insulation
• UL 83
• Tough, Heat and Moisture Resistant
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• UL1277
• UL1581
• UL 1685
• Color Code: (Pairs – Black, White,
and Numbered) & (Triads – Black,
White, Red, and Numbered)
• Conductor Jacket: Clear Nylon (polyamide)
•Assembly
• Color-coded twisted pairs or triads; group
of pairs or triads with numeric print
identification on the groups
• Overall aluminum polyester foil with 100%
coverage, tinned drain wire
• IEEE 1202
• ICEA T-30-520
• RoHS Compliant
OPTIONS
•Unshielded Pairs or Triads, with Overall
Shield
• XLP Insulated Conductors
• Rip Cord
3
•Also Available in 300V Construction Upon
Request
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Section B
Size
Number of
Triads inches
Insulation
Jacket
Thickness
Overall Jacket
Thickness
Nominal Core
Diameter
Nominal
Overall
Diameter
mm
inches
mm
inches
mm
inches
mm
inches
mm
Approximate
Weight
lbs/
kg/km
1000 ft
18
1
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.167
4.2
0.26
6.6
38
57
18
-
1
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.181
4.6
0.28
7.1
47
70
16
1
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.191
4.9
0.29
7.4
49
73
16
-
1
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.206
5.2
0.30
7.6
61
91
18
2
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.377
9.6
0.48
12.2
84
125
16
2
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.429
10.9
0.53
13.5
106
158
18
4
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.471
12.0
0.57
14.5
131
195
16
4
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.045
1.14
0.536
13.6
0.64
16.3
173
257
18
8
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.060
1.50
0.630
16.0
0.76
19.3
245
365
16
8
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.060
1.50
0.717
18.2
0.85
21.6
327
487
18
12
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.060
1.50
0.770
19.6
0.90
22.9
339
504
16
12
-
0.015
0.38
0.004
0.1
0.060
1.50
0.876
22.2
1.01
25.7
459
683
Dimensions and weights shown above are nominal and subject to industry tolerances.
SUBSTATION INSTRUMENTATION CABLE
AWG or Pairs
kcmil
Insulation
Thickness
Instrumentation Cable 38