• electrical power distribution, armoured cable usually means steel wire armoured cable (SWA) which is a hard-wearing power cable designed for the supply of...
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    Teck cable is a type of low voltage armoured cable named for the location where it was first developed and used, Teck Township, now known as Kirkland...
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    insulating properties. Installation of MI cable takes more time than installation of a PVC-sheathed armoured cable of the same conductor size. Installation...
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  • Thermoplastic-sheathed cable is more vulnerable to rodent damage and accidental mechanical damage than wiring within electrical conduit or armoured cable. In North...
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    systems because of the high cost of installation compared with use of power cables, which combined both power conductors of a circuit in one run (and which...
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    for jacketed cables in a dry location, or a polymer-gasketed cable connector that mechanically engages the armour of an armoured cable and provides a...
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    installations have RCD protection, though there are exemptions. Non armoured cables buried in walls must also be RCD protected (again with some specific...
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    buildings, a cable tray system is used to support insulated electrical cables used for power distribution, control, and communication. Cable trays are used...
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    electrically separating cable armour from the cable circuit protective conductor, an ELCB can be arranged to protect against cable damage only, and not trip...
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  • of a circuit must be inside a raceway, cable, trench, cord, or cable tray. Additional protection such as NM cable inside raceway is needed if the installation...
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