MC/BX/AC, please clarify. Also, what cut and bush do you use?
Nov 14, 2024 · AC is armored cable made with paper individually wrapping the conductors and a thin aluminum bonding strip which with the armor serves as the EGC. BX is a slang name for AC. Metal Clad or MC cable is different. Regular MC has a green EGC, MC-ap has a #10 aluminum conductor in contact with the armor to create the EGC.
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Mar 21, 2003 · Re: AC vs. MC vs. MC Lite Spelling it out in a spec is the easy part. Sometimes chnages in contract occur without detailing each item, such as the type MC (or steel compression couplings vs cast). I was curious if Type MC automatically covered the steel aspect, or is no MC spec complete without a steel or aluminum choice.
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Feb 17, 2015 · 330.30(C) allows for "Horizontal runs of Type MC Cable installed in wooden or metal framing members or similar supporting means shall be considered supported and secured where such support does not exceed 6-ft intervals." In applying knowledge from my interpretation from previous code cycles...
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Dec 10, 2024 · Type MC cable shall be permitted as follows: (1) For services, feeders, and branch circuits. (2) For power, lighting, control, and signal circuits. (3) Indoors or outdoors. (4)Exposed or concealed. (5)To be direct buried where identified for such use. (6)In cable tray where identified for such use. (7)In any raceway. (8)As aerial cable on a ...
MC cable firestopping UL interpretation | Information by Electrical ...
Nov 19, 2024 · 1) You can use _any_ MC cable up to a maximum of 3C+ground #8 AWG. 2) You can use an MC cable classified under the 'through penetrating products' category. When I did a search for 'through penetrating products' I found datasheets for various firestop assemblies, and those datasheets specified the specific MC cable they were listed with.
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Jul 10, 2024 · Is is permissible to sleeve MC cable with EMT? Such as running MC overhead and sleeving it down the wall to a box. Also, what does this mean? 330.108 Equipment Grounding Conductor. Where Type MC cable is used to provide an equipment grounding conductor, it shall comply with 250.118(10) and...
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May 27, 2003 · Can MC cable (14-2) be used to wire a residential garage? Article 330 says it can be used as open runs of cable not subject to physical damage. Rather than fish wires through walls, the MC cable would be run exposed to supply electrical outlets. Also, there is no seperate ground wire, just the bonding wire.
MC Cable rated for underground non-PVC coated
Dec 5, 2024 · FWIW, UL Standard 1569 on MC Cable lists in Table 10 a variety of outer jacket materials that may be used, including CP, CPE, ETFE, ECTFE, NBR/PVC, Neoprene, PVC, LDFRPE, HDFRPE, TPE, and XL. No idea which if any of those are commercially available.
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Jun 8, 2013 · Type MC cable that runs horizontally through or on framing members or racks (spaced less than 6 ft apart) without additional securing is considered supported. Staples or cable ties are not required as the cable passes through or on these members. However, the MC cable must be secured (fastened in place) within 12 in. of the outlet box.
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Dec 31, 2013 · Conductors that are part of a listed cable assembly such as NM or MC cable are acceptable as long as they are a part of the assembly they were a part of. Remove them from the cable assembly though and they are not acceptable conductors by 310.10 - 310.104 unless they have required marking on them that is required by 310.120.