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- PowerGuard® cables are intended for use in wet or dry locations for distribution of single or three phase medium voltage power. These cables may be installed in ducts, exposed to sunlight or direct buried.
- Single conductor cable with filled strand copper conductors, true-triple extrusion, dry cured insulation system consisting of a thermosetting semiconducting conductor shield, high dielectric strength tree-retardant crosslinked polyethylene (TR-XLPE) insulation, thermosetting semiconducting insulation shield, copper concentric neutral wires, water blocking agents, black encapsulating linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) jacket.
- Conductor:
- Compressed concentric stranded copper. Stranded conductors are water-blocked with conductor filling compound.
- Conductor Shield:
- Extruded thermosetting semiconducting cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) shield which is free stripping from the conductor and bonded to the insulation.
- Insulation:
- Extruded, Tree-Retardant Crosslinked Polyethylene (TR-XLPE) - 100% insulation level.
- Insulation Shield:
- Extruded thermosetting semiconducting cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) shield with controlled adhesion to the insulation providing the required balance between electrical integrity and ease of stripping.
- Metallic Shield:
- Solid bare annealed copper wires helically applied and uniformly spaced.
- Water-blocking agents:
- Applied over the insulation shield and around the concentric neutral wires to resist longitudinal water penetration. Longitudinal water penetration shall be tested in accordance with the latest edition of ICEA T-34-664 except that the minimum requirement is 15 psig for 1 hour.
- Outer jacket:
- An extruded-to-fill black non-conducting linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) jacket, meeting the physical requirements of Table 1, when tested by the methods specified in ANSI/ICEA S-94-649. The jacket shall be free-stripping and not interfere with an intimate contact between the neutral wires and the underlying extruded insulation shield. The jacket is sunlight resistant and marked. The jacket shall contain a print legend marking, sequential length (meter or feet) marking and three longitudinal extruded red stripes.
| Table 1 |
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| Physical Properties of Extruded-to-Fill LLDPE Jacket |
| Unaged Tensile Strength, minimum (PSI) 1700 |
| Aged* Tensile Strength, minimum retention (%) 75 |
| Unaged Elongated, minimum (%) 350 |
| Aged* Elongated, minimum retention (%) 75 |
| Heat Distortion 1 hr at 100 ºC, maximum (%) 30 |
*Aged for 48 hrs at 100 ºC
| Temperature Rating |
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| Insulated Conductor and Shield Wire Temperature Ratings |
| Normal: | 90 ºC |
| Emergency*: | 130 ºC |
| Short-Circuit – Insulated Conductor: | 250 ºC |
| Short-Circuit – Shield Wires: | 200 ºC |
*Operation at the emergency overload temperature shall not exceed 1500 hours cumulative during the lifetime of the cable.
| Standards |
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| ASTM B3 – Soft or Annealed Copper Wire |
| ASTM B8 – Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors, Hard, Medium-Hard, or Soft |
| ICEA S-94-649 – Concentric Neutral Cables Rated 5 Through 46 kV |
| ICEA T-31-610 – Test Method for Conducting Longitudinal Water Penetration Resistance Tests on Blocked Conductors |
| ICEA T-34-664 – Test Method for Conducting Longitudinal Water Penetration Resistance Tests on Longitudinal Water Blocked Cables |
| ICEA P-45-482 – Short Circuit Performance of Metallic Shields and Sheaths on Insulated Cable |
| AEIC CS8 – Extruded Dielectric, Shielded Power Cables Rated 5 Through 46 kV |
| UL 1072 – Medium-Voltage Power Cables |
- UL listed as Type MV-90 – File E476447