8-3 STR CU THHN 3X8NEUT BLACK/RED/BLUE/WHITE-BLACK/WHITE-RED/WHITE-BLUE/GREEN GRND/AL GRND MCAP HCF GREEN AIA 1000 FT
8/3 AWG Copper THHN Insulated Conductors and Green Insulated Ground Conductor. Full-Sized Aluminum Equipment Grounding/Bonding Conductor. UL Listed. 600 Volts. Rated VW-1. Green Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor is Part of Equipment Bonding/Grounding Path.
Application & Features
Southwire HCF MCAP® Type MC 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.
- Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC® 300.22(C)
- Fished or embedded in plaster.
- 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).
- Use with UL Listed MCI-A fittings
Specifications
| No. of Conductors | 6 6 | |
| Size (AWG or kcmil) (mm2) | 8 AWG 8 AWG | |
| No. of Strands | 19 19 | |
| Insulation Thickness (mils) (mm) | 30 0.76 | mils mm |
| Size (AWG) | 8 8 | |
| Nom. OD (mils) (mm) | 949 24.11 | mils mm |
| Nominal Total Weight (lbs/1000') (kgs/km) | 573 853 | lbs/1000' kgs/km |
Standards & References
Southwire HCF MCAP® Type MC Cable fully meets or exceeds the following requirements:
- UL 83, 1569 and 1063
- UL Online Product Guide Info - Metal-Clad Cable (PJAZ) ( www.ul.com )
- NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code), Article 330
- Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B)
- IEEE 1202 (70,000 Btu/hr) Vertical Cable Tray Flame Test
- Listed for use in UL 1, 2, and 3 Hour Through-Penetration Firestop Systems
- REACH/RoHS-2 (Chemical Limit) Compliant
Construction
Southwire HCF MCAP® Type MC Cable is constructed with solid soft-drawn copper Type THHN circuit conductors (rated 90ºC dry), redundant grounding provided by an armor assembly comprised of interlocked armor with a bare aluminum grounding/ bonding conductor, and a green insulated copper grounding conductor. The insulated circuit and grounding conductors are cabled together and wrapped with a binder tape bearing the print legend. The bare aluminum grounding/bonding conductor is located outside the binding tape and has the same lay as the insulated conductors. Green Aluminum interlocked armor is snugly wrapped around the conductor assembly. To insure proper cable termination, refer to the installation instructions provided with every reel and coil.