UL 83A-2016 pdf download – STANDARD FOR SAFETY Flouropolymer Insulated Wire.
1 Scope 1 .1 This Standard specifies the requirements for 600 V, single-conductor, flouropolymer-insulated wires and cables in accordance with NFPA 70, National Electrical Code (NEC). Note: See Appendix A for the complete list of wire types covered by this Standard. 1 .2 Products for which this Standard provides requirements might have applications not described in the electrical code listed in 1 .1 . 2 General 2.1 Units of measure 2.1 .1 Values stated without parentheses are the requirement. Values in parentheses are explanatory or approximate information. 2.2 Reference publications 2.2.1 Any undated reference to a code or standard appearing in the requirements of this standard shall be interpreted as referring to the latest edition of that code or standard. UL Standards UL 1 685 Vertical-Tray Fire-Propagation and Smoke-Release Test for Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables UL 2556 Wire and Cable Test Methods ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) Standards B3-1 3, Standard Specification for Soft or Annealed Copper Wire B8-1 1 , Standard Specification for Concentric-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors, Hard, Medium-Hard, or Soft B33-1 0(201 4), Standard Specification for Tinned Soft or Annealed Copper Wire for Electrical Purposes B1 60-1 0(201 4), Standard Specification for Nickel Rod and Bar B1 72-1 0(201 5), Standard Specification for Rope-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors Having Bunch-Stranded Members, for Electrical Conductors B1 73-1 0(201 5), Standard Specification for Rope-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors Having Concentric-Stranded Members, for Electrical Conductors
4 Construction 4.1 Conductors 4.1 .1 General 4.1 .1 .1 Circuit and equipment-grounding conductors shall be of copper or of a nickel-based alloy. 4.1 .2 Copper conductors 4.1 .2.1 General 4.1 .2.1 .1 The requirements of 4.1 .2.2 or 4.1 .2.3 shall apply to solid conductors or the individual wires of stranded conductors prior to stranding. 4.1 .2.2 Bare copper conductors 4.1 .2.2.1 Each wire in a bare copper conductor shall comply with the requirements of ASTM B3. 4.1 .2.3 Tin-coated copper conductors 4.1 .2.3.1 Each wire in a tin-coated conductor shall comply with the requirements of ASTM B33. Overcoating of 2.08 mm 2 (1 4 AWG), 3.31 mm 2 (1 2 AWG), and 5.26 mm 2 (1 0 AWG) stranded copper conductor with a layer of tin shall be optional. 4.1 .2.4 Nickel-base alloy conductors 4.1 .2.4.1 Each wire in a nickel-base alloy conductor shall comply with the requirements of ASTM B1 60. 4.1 .2.5 Nickel-coated copper conductors 4.1 .2.5.1 Each solid copper conductor and each strand in a stranded copper conductor shall be protected against oxidation by a coating of nickel complying with ASTM B355