THW electric wire for building use
1. Application: used generally in building wiring, feeder and branch circuits, and internal secondary industrial distribution.
2. Structure:
Conductor: soft plain copper, conforms to ASTM B3, B8. Tinned copper is optional.
Insulation: Polyvinyl chloride (PVC). color can be Black, white, red, yellow, gray, yellow-green, blue, purple, etc.
3.Standard: UL83
4.Voltage: 600V
5.Working temperature: in either wet or dry applications, at temperature not to exceed 75°C
6. Minimum bending radius: 12XOD of cable;
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Conductor size | No. of wires in cond. | Insulation thickness | Approx. OD of cable | Approx weight of cable | Max. DC resistance of conductor @20℃ |
AWG/MCM | Nos | [MM] | [MM] | [kg/km] | [Ω/KM] |
14 | 1 | 0.76 | 3.1 | 28 | 8.450 |
12 | 1 | 0.76 | 3.6 | 40 | 5.310 |
14 | 7 | 0.76 | 3.3 | 29 | 8.620 |
12 | 7 | 0.76 | 3.8 | 41 | 5.430 |
10 | 7 | 0.76 | 4.4 | 61 | 3.410 |
8 | 7 | 1.14 | 5.9 | 102 | 2.140 |
6 | 7 | 1.52 | 7.4 | 162 | 1.350 |
4 | 7 | 1.5 | 8.6 | 241 | 0.848 |
3 | 7 | 1.52 | 9.4 | 296 | 0.673 |
2 | 7 | 1.52 | 10.0 | 362 | 0.534 |
1 | 19 | 2.03 | 12.5 | 480 | 0.423 |
1/0 | 19 | 2.03 | 13.1 | 584 | 0.335 |
2/0 | 19 | 2.03 | 14.2 | 719 | 0.2660 |
3/0 | 19 | 2.03 | 15.5 | 888 | 0.2110 |
4/0 | 19 | 2.03 | 16.8 | 1097 | 0.1670 |
250 | 37 | 2.4 | 18.7 | 1319 | 0.1420 |
300 | 37 | 2.4 | 20.0 | 1557 | 0.1180 |
350 | 37 | 2.4 | 21.3 | 1795 | 0.1010 |
400 | 37 | 2.4 | 22.4 | 2039 | 0.0885 |
500 | 37 | 2.4 | 25.4 | 2519 | 0.0709 |
600 | 61 | 2.8 | 27.2 | 3032 | 0.0590 |
750 | 61 | 2.8 | 29.8 | 3743 | 0.0472 |
1000 | 61 | 2.8 | 34.8 | 4941 | 0.0354 |