NEMA WC 27500 Cable Code Designation

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NEMA WC 27500 Cable Code Designation

Table 1: Basic 27500 Cable Description

Code
A
AA
AB
AD
B
C
CA
CB
CC
DB
DC
DE
DF
DG
DH
DJ
DK
DL
DM
DN
DP
DR
E
EA
F
H
JA
JB
JC
JD
JE
JF
LE
LH

SAE Component
AS50861/1
AS50861/5
AS50861/6
AS50861/7
AS50861/2
AS50861/3
AS22759/13
AS22759/14
AS22759/15
AS22759/180
AS22759/181
AS22759/182
M22759/183
AS22759/184
AS22759/185
AS22759/186
AS22759/187
AS22759/188
AS22759/189
AS22759/190
AS22759/191
AS22759/192
AS22759/2
AS22759/1
M8777 (MS27110)
M8777 (MS25471)
M25038/1
AS22759/28
AS22759/29
AS22759/30
AS22759/31
M25038/3
AS22759/9
AS22759/10

Code
MD
ME
MF
MG
MH
MJ
MK
MW
ML
MM
MR
MS
MT
MV
MW
MY
NA
NB
NE
NF
NG
NH
NK
NL
P
RA
RB
RC
RE
SA
SB
SC
SD
SE

SAE Component
AS81044/5
AS81044/6
AS81044/7
AS81044/8
AS81044/9
AS81044/10
AS81044/11
AS81381/11
AS81044/12
AS81044/13
M81381/7
M81381/8
M81381/9
M81381/10
M81381/11
M81381/12
M81381/13
M81381/14
M81381/17
M81381/18
M81381/19
M81381/20
M81381/21
M81381/22
AS50861/4
AS22759/3
AS22759/4
AS22759/11
AS22759/12
AS22759/7
AS22759/32
AS22759/33
AS22759/34
AS22759/35

Code
SM
SN
SP
SR
SS
ST
SV
SW
SX
SY
TA
TE
TF
TG
TH
TK
TL
TM
TN
VA
WA
WB
WC
WE
WF
WG
WH
WJ
WK
WL
WM
WN
WP
WR

SAE Component
AS22759/41
AS22759/42
AS22759/43
AS22759/44
AS22759/45
AS22759/46
AS22759/47
AS22759/48
AS22759/49
AS22759/50
AS22759/8
AS22759/16
AS22759/17
AS22759/18
AS22759/19
AS22759/20
AS22759/21
AS22759/22
AS22759/23
AS22759/5
AS22759/6
AS22759/80
AS22759/81
AS22759/82
AS22759/83
AS22759/84
AS22759/85
AS22759/86
AS22759/87
AS22759/88
AS22759/89
AS22759/90
AS22759/91
AS22759/92

Table 2: 27500 Cable's Shield Description

Single Shield
Code
U
T
S
N
F
C
M
$
P
G
H
*
J
E
I

Double Shield
Code
N/A
V
W
Y
Z
R
K
+
L
A
B
#
D
X
Q

Shield Material
Description
Not Shielded
Tinned Copper, Round
Silver-Coated Copper, Round
Nickel-Coated Copper, Round
Stainless Steel, Round
Nickel-Clad Copper, Round
Silver-Coated High Strength Copper Alloy, Round
Heavy Silver-Coated Copper, Round
Nickel-Coated High Strength Copper Alloy, Flat
Silver-Coated Copper, Flat
Silver-Coated High Strength Copper Alloy, Flat
Nickel-Coated Copper, Flat
Tinned Copper, Flat
Nickel-Coated High Strength Copper Alloy, Flat
Nickel-Chromium Alloy, Flat

Max. Temperature
for Shield
N/A
150°C
200°C
260°C
400°C
400°C
200°C
200°C
260°C
200°C
260°C
260°C
150°C
260°C
400°C

Table 3: 27500 Cable Jacket Type

Single Jacket
Code
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Double Jacket
Code
0
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
64
65
66
67
68
70
71
72
73
74
75
76

Jacket Material
Description
No Jacket
Extruded PVC, White
Extruded Nylon, Clear
White Nylon Braid over Mylar
Polyester Braid over Mylar
Extruded FEP, Clear
Extruded or Taped PTFE, White
PTFE Coated Glass Braid over PTFE
Extruded XL-PVDF, White
Extruded FEP, White
Extruded PVDF, Clear
Polyimide Tape, FEP
Polyimide Tape, FEP, Polyimide
Extruded ETFE, White
Extruded ETFE, Clear
Nylon Braid, PTFE Tape
Extruded ECTFE, White
Extruded ECTFE, Clear
Extruded PFA, White
Extruded PFA, Clear
Polyimide Tape, FEP Wrap, Polyimide
Extruded XL-ETFE, White
PTFE Tape over TFE/Polyimide
Smooth PTFE Tape over TFE/Polyimide
Extruded Low Fluoride XL-ETFE, White

Max. Temperature
for Jacket
N/A
90°C
105°C
105°C
150°C
200°C
260°C
260°C
150°C
150°C
125°C
200°C
200°C
150°C
150°C
200°C
150°C
150°C
260°C
260°C
200°C
200°C
200°C
260°C
200°C

Table 4: 27500 Cable's Shield Covering and Color Coding

85% Shield
Coverage Code

-

F

A

G

B

K

L

90% Shield
Coverage Code

C

H

D

J

E

M

N

M27500 Cable Terminology

Preferred Method, Table 4A
Preferred Method, Table 4B
Optional Method A, Table 4A
Optional Method A, Table 4B
Optional Method B, Table 4C
Optional Method C, Table 4C
Optional Method D

Componenet Wire
ID Method
White wire with colored stripes per Table 4A. Wire 1 has no stripe. Wires 11-15 have double stripes.

White wire with colored stripes per Table 4B. Wire 5 has no stripe. For wires 11-15, insulation is first color, stripe is second color.

Solid Colored Wire. Wires 11-15 have a stripe in a lighter shade of base color.

Solid Colored Wire. Wires 11-15, insulation is first color, stripe is second color.

Wire insulation color is based on AWG size. Bands of contrasting color denote wire number (per table 4D)

Wires are all same color based on AWG size. Numbers of contrasting color printed to denote wire number

White wires with numbers of contrasting color printed to denote wire number

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