General Cable Arctic Armor Fieldbus Cable Multi-Paired Individual and Overall Shielded 16 AWG 4 pairs UL Type MC-HL 600V Sunlight-Resistant Direct Burial Arctic-Grade CCW®

General Cable Arctic Armor Fieldbus Cable Multi-Paired Individual and Overall Shielded 16 AWG 4 pairs UL Type MC-HL 600V Sunlight-Resistant Direct Burial Arctic-Grade CCW®

Product Details

Conductor: 
• 18 and 16 AWG fully annealed stranded tinned copper per ASTM B33 
• Class B stranding per ASTM B8

Insulation: Cross-linked Polyethylene (XLPE) 

Pairs: 
• Two conductors twisted together with left-hand lay (LHL) 
• Each pair has 1 blue and 1 orange conductor. One conductor in each pair is printed alphanumerically for easy identification 

Individually Shielded Pairs:  Aluminum/Polyester tape with 25% overlap, 100% coverage (aluminum side out) 

Drain: Stranded tinned copper drain wire

Overall Shield:  Aluminum/Polyester tape with 25% overlap, 100% coverage (aluminum side in) 

Inner Sheath:  Arctic-grade Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), black 

CCW Armor: 
• Impervious, continuously welded and corrugated aluminum alloy sheath per UL 1569 and UL 2225 
• CCW armor conductivity meets the grounding requirements of NEC Article 250 

Outer Jacket: Flame-retardant, moisture- and sunlight-resistant arctic-grade Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), black 

Applications: 
• Recognized for use in Class I, II, and III, Divisions 1 and 2; or Class I, Zones 1 and 2 hazardous locations per NEC Articles 501, 502, 503 and 505 
• Installed indoors or outdoors, in wet or dry locations, in a raceway, as aerial cable on a messenger, in cable trays, or for direct burial 

Features: 
• 100 Ohm impedance (± 10 ohms) 
• CCW armor provides an impervious barrier to moisture, gas and liquids 
• Meets cold bend at -55°C 
• Insulation passes ASTM D746-04 brittleness temperature impact test at -73°C 
• Insulation passes MIL-C-13777 cold bend test @ -65°C 
• Arctic-grade PVC inner sheath and outer jacket passes ASTM D746-04 brittleness
temperature impact test at -60°C 

Specifications: 
Fieldbus Standards: 
• Registered with Fieldbus Foundation 
• Meets Fieldbus Foundation FF-844 Specification, marked as Type A H1 Fieldbus cable 
• Meets ISA 50.02 Part 2 Fieldbus standard for use in industrial control systems 
• Meets IEC 61158-2 requirements for industrial Fieldbus cable 

Compliances: UL Listed, NEC Type MC-HL, 600 V, SUN RES, DIR BUR, -40°C 

Flame Tests: 
• CSA FT4 
• IEEE 1202

technical specification:
cond. size (awg) 16
no. of pairs 4
shields SP/OS
nominal core o.d.(inches) 0.62
nominal core o.d.(mm) 15.75
nominal armor o.d.(inches) 0.97
nominal armor o.d.(mm) 24.64
nominal overall o.d.(inches) 1.08
nominal overall o.d.(mm) 27.31
approximate net weight(lbs/1000 ft) 440
catalog number 9899.FB01604118

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