Metal Clad Cable Products

Armorlite® Type MC

12/4 AWG THHN/THWN Insulated Singles. Green Insulated Ground. UL Listed. 600 Volts. Rated VW-1. Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor.

Application

Southwire Armorlite® Type MC Cable is suitable for use as follows:

  • Branch, feeder and service power distribution in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multiresidential buildings.

  • Fished or embedded in plaster.

  • Concealed or exposed installations

  • Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC 300.22 (C).

  • 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).

  • Class I Div. 2, Class II Div 2, & Class III Div. 1 Hazardous Locations.


MCAP® Type MC All Purpose

14 AWG through 8 AWG Copper THHN Insulated Conductors. Full-Sized Aluminum Equipment Grounding/ Bonding Conductor. UL Listed. 600 Volt. Rated VW1. Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor is Part of Equipment Bonding/Grounding Path.

Application

Southwire MCAP ® Type MC Cable - All Purpose is suitable for use as follows:

  • Wherever standard AC or MC Cable is permitted.

  • Branch circuit wiring in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-residential buildings.

  • Fished or embedded in plaster.

  • Concealed or exposed installations.

  • Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC 300.22 (C).

  • 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 UL Listed Type MCI-A connectors


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

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


MC-PCS Duo™ PVC Jacketed Power & Control/Signal Cable

Copper Power & Control/Signal Conductors. THHN/THWN & TFN Insulated Singles. Green Insulated Grounding Conductor. Power: 12/2 AWG Copper THHN/THWN. Signal: 16 AWG Copper TFN. UL Listed. 600 Volts. Rated VW-1. Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor with Overall PVC Jacket. Sunlight Resistant. Direct Burial. Southwire® PVC Jacketed MC-PCS Duo™ Cable meets the NEC and UL listing requirements for combining power/lighting circuits and Class 2 or Class 3 signal or control circuits in the same cable.

Application

Suitable for use as follows:

  • Suitable for Wet Location per NEC 330.10(11)

  • Direct burial applications, installation in concrete and where exposed to cinder fills, strong chlorides, caustic alkalis, or vapors of chlorine or of hydrochloric acids.

  • Circuits for branch power distribution in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multi-residential buildings.

  • Power, lighting, control, and signal circuits.

  • Fished or embedded in plaster.

  • Concealed or exposed installations

  • 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).

  • Class I Div. 2, Class II Div. 2, & Class III Div. 1 Hazardous Locations


Red Alert® Type MC-FPLP Fire Alarm and Control

Sizes 14 & 12 AWG Type THHN/THWN Insulated Copper Singles. 18/6 AWG Type TFN Insulated Copper Singles. Green Insulated or Tinned Copper Grounding Conductor. UL Listed as Type MC and Type FPLP. 600 Volt Type MC and 300 Volt Type FPLP. Rated VW-1. Red Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor.

Application

Red Alert® Type MC-FPLP Cable is suitable for use as follows:

  • Wiring in Plenums, Ducts or Other Spaces Used for Environmental Air-Handling Purposes per NEC 300.22(C) & 760.135(C).

  • Power-Limited and Non-Power Limited fire alarm circuits, including smoke detectors, bells, horns, fire alarm control panel equipment, and initiation and signaling devices

  • Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 remote control, signaling, and power-limited circuits.

  • Power, lighting, control, and signal circuits.

  • Fished or embedded in plaster

  • Concealed or exposed installations.

  • 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).


Armorlite™ Feeder Metal Clad Cable with Copper THHN Conductors

750/3 kcmil Copper THHN Insulated Singles. Bare Copper Grounding Conductor. UL Listed. 600 Volts. Binder Jacket for Continuous Conductor Support. Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor.

Application

Suitable for use as follows:

  • Riser Cable, vertical applications

  • Branch, feeder and service power distribution in commercial, industrial, institutional, and multiresidential buildings.

  • Concealed or exposed installations.

  • Power, lighting, control, and signal circuits

  • Fished or embedded in plaster

  • Installation in cable tray and approved raceways.

  • Concealed or exposed installations

  • 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).