Installer's handbook for Alcan Wire And Cable

ABOUT THIS GUIDE

This guide is intended to provide introductory technical data to aid the correct selection of wire and cable for permanent installation in commercial, institutional and
industrial premises. Such installations are governed by the requirement of the Canadian Electrical Code Part I, and enforced by the appointed authority having jurisdiction in this area under provincial law (federal law in the case of federal territories), with or without Code amendments as the case may be. Wires and cables in installations falling under the jurisdiction of the provincial and territorial inspection authorities are almost invariably required to be certified to the requirements of CSA standards under the approval of the CSA Technical Committee on Wiring Products. This guide provides information on standard products stocked by Alcan's Distributors. Alcan manufactures a wide range of additional products in various sizes which can be supplied by special order. For more information, contact your distributor or visit You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for the most current list of product offerings. Wire and cable products supplied by Alcan comply with the codes, standards and product specifications as indicated in this guide. Weights and measurements are subject to manufacturing tolerances and product design changes. Consequently, Alcan does not accept responsibility for costs incurred by a purchaser as a result of weights and measurements not conforming exactly to those indicated.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Engineering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Alcan Armoured Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Fire Test Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Splicing and Terminating Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Single- vs Multi-conductor Constructions
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Voltage Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Magnetic Fields and Harmonics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Circulating Currents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installation of Single-conductor AC90, ACWU90 and
TECK90 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Recommended Configuration for Parallel Operation of
Single-conductor Cables in Free Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ALLOWABLE AMPACITIES
Diagram 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 5-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Diagram 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 5-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Diagram 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Table 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 5-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Diagram 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Table 5-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 5-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Notes and Corrections to Tables 5-5 to 5-12 . . . . . . . . . 33
APPLICATION RULES
Section 4: Conductors
Rule 4-004: Ampacity of Wires and Cables . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rule 4-008: Sheath Currents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 8: Circuit Loading and demand factors
Rule 8-100: Current Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rule 8-102: Voltage drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rule 8-104: Maximum Circuit Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rule 8-106: Use of Demand Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 12: Wiring Methods
Rule 12-012: Underground Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Rule 12-106: Multi- and Single-conductor Cables . . . . . 42
Rule 12-108: Conductors in Parallel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rule 12-118: Termination and Splicing of
Aluminum Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rules 12-600 - 12-618: Armoured Cable Work Rules . . . . 44
Rules 12-2200 - 12-2210: Cables in Trays . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
TABLES
Conductor Ampacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 5A: Correction Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tables 5B/5C: Correction Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 5D: Current Rating Correction Factors . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 8: Percent Conduit and Tubing Fill . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 9: Cross-sectional Areas of Conduit and Tubing . . . 55
Table 10: Dimensions of Insulated Conductors . . . . . . . 56
Table 16: Min. Size of Bonding Conductors . . . . . . . . . . 58
Table 17: Min. Size of Grounding Conductors . . . . . . . . 59
Table 18: Min. Size of Grounding Conductors . . . . . . . . 60
Table 21: Supporting of Conductors in
Vertical Runs of Raceways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Dimensions of Stranded Bare Conductors . . . . . . . . . . . 62
DC Resistance Values of Stranded Conductors . . . . . . . . 63
Table D6: Tightening Torques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Table D7: Tightening Torques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65


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