3/C CU 2000V EPDM/CPE Type G-GC Industrial Grade Cable 90°C

Application

Southwire Type G-GC cable is a heavy-duty industrial cable for use in flexible, portable, and extra-hard usage applications where equipment grounding is required per NEC Article 400. Suitable for continuous submersion in water – ideal for submersible pumps, marine application. Also suitable for use in light to medium-duty mining applications. Sunlight and oil resistant. Highly flexible and easy to work with in cold conditions. Not for use as permanent building wiring. Meets FT-5 Flame Test. cUL Listed.

Specifications

measurement

imperial metric

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	Conductor						Allowable Ampacities+				Resistance
	Size (AWG or kcmil)	No. of Strands	Nom. OD (Conductor) (mils) (mm)	Nom. OD (mils) (mm)	Nom. OD (Over Ins.) (mils) (mm)	Nominal Total Weight (lbs/1000') (kgs/km)	Allowable Ampacity at 60C	Allowable Ampacity at 75C	Allowable Ampacity at 90C	Insulation Thickness (mils) (mm)	Nom. DC Resistance (Conductor)	AC Resistance at 90°C
560537	8 AWG 8 AWG	71 71		980 24.91		655 975	48 48	57 57	65 65	60 1.52	0.653 0.653	0.816 0.816
558168	6 AWG 6 AWG	65 65		1055 26.80		815 1213	63 63	77 77	87 87	60 1.52	0.419 0.419	0.524 0.524
558169	4 AWG 4 AWG	112 112		1172 29.77		1116 1661	84 84	101 101	114 114	60 1.52	0.263 0.263	0.329 0.329
558170	2 AWG 2 AWG	168 168		1289 32.76		1406 2092	112 112	133 133	152 152	60 1.52	0.166 0.166	0.208 0.208
570098	1 AWG 1 AWG	224 224		1455 36.97		1734 2580	131 131	156 156	177 177	80 2.03	0.131 0.131	0.164 0.164
558165	1/0 AWG 1/0 AWG	259 259		1660 42.16		2096 3119	151 151	181 181	205 205	80 2.03	0.105 0.105	0.131 0.131
558166	2/0 AWG 2/0 AWG	324 324		1690 42.93		2497 3716	174 174	208 208	237 237	80 2.03	0.0834 0.0834	0.104 0.104
560065	3/0 AWG 3/0 AWG	418 418		1830 46.50		3015 4487	201 201	241 241	274 274	80 2.03	0.0662 0.0662	0.083 0.083
558167	4/0 AWG 4/0 AWG	532 532		1970 50.04		3697 5501	232 232	277 277	316 316	80 2.03	0.0525 0.0525	0.066 0.066
570239	250 KCMIL 250 KCMIL	608 608		2284 58.03		4691 6981	259 259	310 310	352 352	95 2.41	0.0448 0.0448	0.056 0.056
559281	350 KCMIL 350 KCMIL	855 855		2681 68.10		6139 9136	318 318	381 381	433 433	95 2.41	0.032 0.032	0.04 0.04
570243	500 KCMIL 500 KCMIL	1221 1221		2891 73.45		8029 11948	392 392	470 470	536 536	95 2.41	0.0224 0.0224	0.028 0.028

Standards & References

ASTM B3 Standard Specification for Soft or Annealed Copper Wire
ASTM B172 Standard Specification for Rope-Lay-Stranded Copper Conductors Having Bunch-Stranded Copper Conductors
UL 1650 Standard for Portable Power Cable
MSHA Approved
RoHS-2 (European Directive 2011/65/EU)

Construction

Conductor:Bare, soft drawn, annealed, flexible, rope-lay stranded copper per ASTM B3/B172
Separator Tape:Non-conducting tape applied between the conductor and insulation to facilitate stripping
Insulation:Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM). Color coded black, white, red
Ground Check:One insulated, bare, soft drawn, annealed, rope stranded, flexible lay copper per ASTM B3/B172
Ground Conductors:Two insulated, bare, soft drawn, annealed, rope stranded, flexible lay copper per ASTM B3/B172
Fillers:Paper fillers applied as needed to round the cable core
Tape:Reinforcing tape applied over the cabled core for improved mechanical integrity and ease of stripping
Reinforcement Binder:Reinforcing twine applied over the tapped core
Jacket:Black, flame resistant, thermosetting Chlorinated Polyethylene (CPE)

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