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MC-PCS HCF Duo™ Power & Control/Signal Cable for Healthcare Facilities

Copper Power & Control/Signal Conductors. THHN/THWN & TFN Insulated Singles. Green Insulated Grounding Conductor. Full-Sized Bare Aluminum Equipment Grounding/Bonding Conductor. Power: 12 AWG & 10 AWG THHN. Signal: 16 AWG TFN. UL Listed. 600 Volts. Rated VW-1. Rated 90ºC Dry Locations. Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor is part of redundant equipment bonding/grounding path. Southwire® MC-PCS HCF 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.

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MC-PCS HCF Duo™ Power & Control/Signal Cable for Healthcare Facilities

Application & Features

MC-PCS HCF Duo™ 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.
Power, lighting, control, and signal circuits requiring redundant, dedicated, or isolated grounding paths.
LED lighting with 0-10V dimming
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 with UL Listed MCI-A fittings.
Class I Div. 2, Class II Div. 2, & Class III Div. 1 Hazardous Locations.

Specifications

Select a set of products below for more information:

	Conductor					Ground Wire		Neutral Wire
	Size (AWG or kcmil) (mm2)	No. of Conductors	Stranding	Nom. OD (mils) (mm)	Nominal Total Weight (lbs/1000') (kgs/km)	Size (AWG)	Ground Size UOM	Size (AWG)	Conductor Colors
More Options	12 AWG 12 AWG	2 2	Solid Solid	608 15.46	153 228	12 12	AWG AWG	12 12	PUR, GRY, GRN PUR, GRY, GRN
More Options	12 AWG 12 AWG	2 2	Stranded Stranded	627 15.94	158 235	12 12	AWG AWG	12 12	ORG, GRY, GRN ORG, GRY, GRN
More Options	12 AWG 12 AWG	3 3	Solid Solid	650 16.53	182 270	12 12	AWG AWG	12 12	BRN, YLW, GRY, GRN BRN, YLW, GRY, GRN
More Options	12 AWG 12 AWG	5 5	Stranded Stranded	580 14.73	150 223	12 12	AWG AWG	12 12	BLK/WHT/ 12 BARE GND/BLK BLK/WHT/ 12 BARE GND/BLK
More Options	10 AWG 10 AWG	2 2	Solid Solid	667 16.95	198 294	10 10	AWG AWG	10 10	ORG, GRY, GRN ORG, GRY, GRN

Standards & References

MC-PCS HCF Duo™ Cable meets or exceeds the requirements of:

UL 83
UL 1569 (Including new Sections 9.4, 40.1(q), and 41.1(r) as detailed in the latest UL 1569 CRD)
UL 1685
Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B)
National Electrical Code (NFPA 70), Article 330 and 725.136(I)(1) & (2) as described in the latest UL 1569 CRD)
Listed for use in UL 1, 2 and 3 Hour Through Penetration Firestop Systems
Passes both " UL Test" & "FT4/IEEE 1202" (70,000 Btu/hr) Vertical Cable Tray Flame Test
REACH/RoHS-2 (Chemical Limit) Compliant

Construction

The power conductors, insulated green ground, and signal conductor assembly are cabled together and a binder tape bearing the print legend is wrapped around the cabled assembly. A bare aluminum grounding/bonding conductor is located outside the binder tape, has the same lay as the insulated conductors, and maintains intimate contact with the overall armor. Green aluminum interlocking armor is applied over the cabled assembly. Yellow stripe/blocks are printed on the outside of the armor and circuit identifying print is applied on every fourth yellow stripe/block. The cable is also available with steel armor or with an overall PVC jacket.

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