SUBSTATION INSTRUMENTATION CABLE

Instrumentation
Cable
Applications • Overall Jacket
CONSTRUCTION • Predominantly used in utility substations •H
 eat, Moisture and Sunlight Resistant
AT A GLANCE Black Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
• Can be installed indoors or outdoors,
direct burial, free air, raceways, encased in • Print
CONDUCTOR TYPE 1 concrete, open trays, troughs, or continuous
18 – 16 AWG Copper • Pairs: Southwire X PR OAS XXAWG
rigid cable support Shielded (UL) Type TC 600V THHN/
• Other Uses TFFN SUN RES DIR BURIAL RoHS
INSULATION TYPE 2 • Class 1 remote-control and signaling (Month/Day/Year) Sequential
PVC/NYLON circuits footage marks
• Class 1, Division 2 hazardous locations • Triads: Southwire X TR OAS
JACKET TYPE 3 XXAWG Shielded (UL) type TC 600V
• Conductor operating temperatures are not
PVC THHN/TFFN SUN RES DIR BURIAL
to exceed 90°C wet or dry
RoHS (Month/Day/Year) Sequen-
• Rated 600 Volts SEQUENtial footage marks

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS SPECIFICATIONS

• Conductors Southwire’s Substation Instrumentation
• 18 or 16 AWG, 7 Strand, Annealed Bare Cable meets or exceeds:
Copper • All Applicable ASTM Specifications

• Insulation • UL 83

• Tough, Heat and Moisture Resistant • UL1277

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) • UL1581
• Color Code: (Pairs – Black, White, • UL 1685
and Numbered) & (Triads – Black, • IEEE 1202
White, Red, and Numbered)
• ICEA T-30-520
• Conductor Jacket: Clear Nylon (polyamide)
• RoHS Compliant
• Assembly
• Color-coded twisted pairs or triads; group
of pairs or triads with numeric print
OPTIONS
identification on the groups • Unshielded Pairs or Triads, with Overall
Shield
• Overall aluminum polyester foil with 100%
coverage, tinned drain wire • XLP Insulated Conductors
• Rip Cord
• Also Available in 300V Construction Upon
Request
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Size Number of Insulation Insulation Overall Jacket Nominal Core Nominal Approximate
Thickness Jacket Thickness Diameter Overall Weight
Thickness Diameter
AWG or Pairs Triads inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm inches mm lbs/ kg/km
kcmil 1000 ft

SUBSTATION INSTRUMENTATION CABLE

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.

Instrumentation Cable

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