BUILDING WIRES

LEAD FREE THERMOPLASTIC HEAT RESISTANT WIRE WITH NYLON JACKET (THHN/TWN), 600 VOLTS, 900C
THHN / THWN Application
A general purpose 600 Volts that can be used as power, lighting
SIZE OF CONDUCTOR No. & Nominal
Diameter of Wire Wall Thickness Approximate
Overall Diameter
Minimum Insulation
Resistance *Ampacity Cable Nominal
Weight
(HEAT RESISTANT and control wiring. Suitable for the type of service where the MM Approximate AWG MM MM MM M-Ohm-Km 75 C Wet
0
90 C Dry
0
KG/KM

THERMOPLASTIC WIRE conductor temperature does not exceed 90˚C in dry location
or 75˚C in wet location. 1.6 mm
Solid
14
PVC
0.4
Nylon
0.10 2.60 130
THWN
30
THHN
35 22.34
WITH NYLON JACKET) Conductor
2.0 mm
2.6 mm
12
10
0.4
0.5
0.10
0.10
3.00
3.80
110
120
35
50
40
55
32.80
55.42
Solid or stranded soft drawn copper conductor. Available sizes 3.2 mm 8 0.8 0.13 5.06 120 65 75 88.05
LEAD-FREE are listed on the next page.
2.0 mm2
Stranded
14/7 7 x 0.60 mm 0.4 0.10 2.80 130 30 35 23.23
Insulation 3.5 mm2 12/7 7 x 0.80 mm 0.4 0.10 3.40 110 35 40 38.79
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Lead Free is flame retardant 5.5 mm2 10/7 7 x 1.00 mm 0.5 0.10 4.20 120 50 55 60.23
PVC INSULATION
and resistant to heat, gas and oil. 8.0 mm2 8/7 7 x 1.20 mm 0.8 0.13 5.46 120 65 75 91.52
14 mm2 6/7 7 x 1.60 mm 0.8 0.13 6.66 100 95 105 153.55
JACKET 22 mm2 4/7 7 x 2.00 mm 1.0 0.15 8.30 100 130 140 239.49
Smooth, mechanically tough Nylon jacket permits the easy use 30 mm2 2/7 7 x 2.30 mm 1.0 0.15 9.20 100 160 170 309.73
of more wires inside a conduit. It is highly abrasive and impact 38 mm2 1-19 19 x 1.60 mm 1.3 0.18 10.96 100 185 195 411.66
solid soft resistant.
50 mm2 1/0-19 19 x 1.80 mm 1.3 0.18 11.96 100 220 235 511.40
drawn copper
60 mm2 2/0-19 19 x 2.00 mm 1.3 0.18 12.96 80 250 260 621.86
Please provide the following when ordering: 80 mm2 3/0-19 19 x 2.30 mm 1.3 0.18 14.46 80 300 320 808.40
1. Quantity 100 mm2 4/0-19 19 x 2.60 mm 1.3 0.18 15.96 80 355 370 1019.46
125 mm2 250 MCM 37 x 2.10 mm 1.6 0.18 18.26 80 400 420 1302.76
2. Construction requirements
150 mm2 300 MCM 37 x 2.30 mm 1.6 0.20 19.70 80 440 475 1550.42
Size (AWG or MM)
350 MCM 37 x 2.47 mm 1.6 0.20 20.90 80 505 570 1782.98
- No. of strands 200 mm2 400 MCM 37 x 2.60 mm 1.6 0.20 21.80 60 540 570 1958.53
- Insulation color (8 colors available) 500 MCM 37 x 2.95 mm 1.6 0.20 24.25 60 620 655 2509.18
STRANDED 3. Specifications 250 mm2 - 61 x 2.30 mm 1.6 0.20 24.30 60 620 655 2500.18
soft drawn
NYLON JACKET copper 600 MCM 61 x 2.52 mm 1.8 0.23 26.76 60 690 715 3007.13
Reference Specification: 325 mm2 650 MCM 61 x 2.60 mm 1.8 0.23 27.46 60 720 770 3192.12
PVC INSULATION
PNS 35-1:2004 750 MCM 61 x 2.82 mm 1.8 0.23 29.36 60 785 845 3727.08
UL 83 400 mm2 800 MCM 61 x 2.90 mm 1.8 0.23 30.16 60 810 875 3940.46
PEC 500 mm2 1000 MCM 61 x 3.20 mm 1.8 0.23 32.86 60 930 995 4766.61
NEC * Reference Standard: PEC, NEC (Based on Ambient Air Temperature of 300C)

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