12-3 SOL CU THHN BLACK/BLUE/WHITE/GREEN GRND/AL GRND MCAP HCF GREEN AIA1000 FT
- Southwire #
- 55932602
Copper THHN Insulated Conductors. Full-Sized Aluminum Equipment Grounding/Bonding Conductor. UL Listed 600 Volt. Rated VW1. Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor is Part of Equipment Bonding/Grounding Path.
Part of the family: MC-AP™ HCF Type MC All Purpose Health Care Facility THHN/THWN Circuit Size Copper Conductor 120/208V Colors Green Aluminum Armor
Priced by quote — copper moves daily (COMEX), so we quote at the current price.
Application & features
Southwire MC-AP HCF Type MC All Purpose Health Care Facility Cable is suitable for use as follows:
- Branch-circuit wiring for patient care areas of hospitals, medical centers, and other health care
facilities (when installed in accordance with NEC® Articles 517 and 330, and mechanically protected per Article 300.4). Such areas include nursing homes, dental offices, clinics, and outpatient facilities. Use in hazardous anesthetizing areas is prohibited.
- Applications requiring redundant, dedicated or isolated grounding paths.
- Fished or embedded in plaster.
- Concealed or exposed installations.
- Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC 300.22 (C).
- Places of Assembly per NEC 518.4 and theaters per NEC 520.5.
- Installation in cable tray and approved raceways.
- Under raised floors for information technology equipment conductors and cables per NEC 645.5(D) & 645.5(D)(2)
- Class I Div. 2, Class II Div 2, & Class III Div. 1 Hazardous Locations.
- Use with UL Listed MCI-A fittings.
- Binder tape with print legend wrapped around assembly.
- Type THHN/THWN rated 90ºC Dry.
- Armor is in contact with aluminum grounding/bonding conductor and serves as a redundant equipment grounding path component
Southwire Armorlite® Type MC Cable - meets or exceeds the following requirements:
- UL Online Product Guide Info - Metal-Clad Cable (PJAZ) ( www.ul.com )
- Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B)
- NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code), Article 330
- Listed for use in UL 1, 2 and 3 Hour Through Penetration Firestop Systems
Specifications
| Cond. Size | 12 AWG12 AWG |
|---|---|
| Conductor Number | 33 |
| Color | BK,BE,WE,GNBK,BE,WE,GN |
| Diameter Over Conductor | 0.08 inch0.20 cm |
| Cond. Strands | SolidSolid |
| Insulation Thickness | 20 mils0.51 mm |
| Ground Size | 1x101x10 |
| Diameter Over Armor | 0.538 inch1.37 cm |
| Approx. Weight | 144 lbs/1000'214 kgs/km |
Standards & references
- ASTM B3 Soft or Annealed Copper Wire
- ASTM B8 Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors
- UL 83 Thermoplastic Insulated Wires and Cables
- UL 1569 Metal-Clad Cables
- UL 1479 Standard for Safety Fire Tests of Penetration Firestops
- UL 1685 FT4 Vertical-Tray Fire Propagation and Smoke Release Test
- IEEE 1202 FT4 Flame Test (70,000) BTU/hr Vertical Tray Test
- RoHS-2 (European Directive 2011/65/EU)
- Buy American: Compliant with Buy American Requirements, found in 49 U.S.C. § 5323(j); specify “Made in the USA Only!” when ordering to ensure your project receives American made products.