HCF MCAP® Type MC All Purpose Hospital Care Facility
12/2 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
| Conductor | Ground Wire | ||||||
| No. of Conductors | Size (AWG or kcmil) (mm2) | No. of Strands | Insulation Thickness (mils) (mm) | Size (AWG) | Nom. OD (mils) (mm) | Nominal Total Weight (lbs/1000') (kgs/km) | |
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2
2
|
14 AWG
14 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
471
11.97
|
88
131
|
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3
3
|
14 AWG
14 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
498
12.66
|
106
157
|
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2
2
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
10
10
|
506
12.88
|
118
175
|
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3
3
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
10
10
|
538
13.67
|
145
215
|
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4
4
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
10
10
|
573
14.56
|
172
256
|
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6
6
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
610
15.49
|
223
332
|
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8
8
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
684
17.40
|
278
414
|
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2
2
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
580
14.74
|
170
253
|
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3
3
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
619
15.74
|
210
313
|
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4
4
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
663
16.86
|
252
375
|
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6
6
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
709
18.03
|
330
491
|
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8
8
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
853
21.68
|
445
662
|
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10
10
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
913
23.21
|
526
783
|
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12
12
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
909
23.09
|
589
877
|
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2
2
|
8 AWG
8 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
8
8
|
670
17.02
|
237
352
|
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6
6
|
8 AWG
8 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
8
8
|
949
24.11
|
573
853
|
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.