Types Of Electrical Cable Flashcards
1
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Nonmetallic cable
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Permitted inside walls, ceilings and floors. Printing tells you what’s inside (12/3 means there are 3, #12 wires plus a ground
2
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Underground feed cable (UF)
A
Underground installations and in damp areas. Encases the wires in solid plastic
3
Q
CAT 5E
A
Supplanting telephone wires. Suitable for telephones modems, and computers
4
Q
Coaxial cable
A
Carried television signals. Coaxial cable is a type of copper cable specially built with a metal shield and other components engineered to block signal interference.
5
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Armored cable
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Has a flexible metal sheathing. One type is BX, or AC, which has no ground. The sheathing is used for grounding.
6
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Metal clad(MC)
A
Armored cable, which has a green insulated grounding wire.
