HCF MCAP® Type MC All Purpose Hospital Care Facility
12/2 AWG Copper THHN Insulated Conductors and Green Insulated Ground Conductor. Full-Sized Aluminum Equipment Grounding/Bonding Conductor. UL Listed. 600 Volts. Rated VW-1. Green Lightweight Aluminum Interlocked Armor is Part of Equipment Bonding/Grounding Path.
Application
Southwire HCF MCAP® Type MC 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.
- Applications requiring redundant, dedicated or isolated grounding paths.
- Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC® 300.22(C)
- Fished or embedded in plaster.
- 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
Specifications
| Conductor | Ground Wire | ||||||||
| No. of Conductors | Size (AWG or kcmil) (mm2) | No. of Strands | Insulation Thickness (mils) (mm) | Size (AWG) | No. of Strands | Nom. OD (mils) (mm) | Nominal Total Weight (lbs/1000') (kgs/km) | Allowable Ampacity | |
| 560389 |
2
2
|
14 AWG
14 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
|
471
11.97
|
88
131
|
|
| 560392 |
3
3
|
14 AWG
14 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
|
498
12.66
|
106
157
|
|
| 555279 |
2
2
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
10
10
|
|
512
13.03
|
119
177
|
|
| 555280 |
3
3
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
10
10
|
|
544
13.82
|
145
216
|
|
| 555281 |
4
4
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
10
10
|
|
579
14.71
|
172
256
|
|
| 560834 |
6
6
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
15
0.38
|
12
12
|
|
616
15.65
|
223
332
|
|
| 566395 |
8
8
|
12 AWG
12 AWG
|
1
1
|
|
12
12
|
|
622
15.81
|
290
431
|
|
| 555282 |
2
2
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
|
571
14.53
|
167
248
|
|
| 555283 |
3
3
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
|
559
14.22
|
202
301
|
|
| 555285 |
4
4
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
|
602
15.31
|
242
360
|
|
| 562716 |
6
6
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
|
709
18.03
|
327
487
|
|
| 567228 |
8
8
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
|
803
20.41
|
436
649
|
|
| 587205 |
9
9
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
19
19
|
20
0.51
|
8
8
|
|
842
21.39
|
466
694
|
|
| 644515 |
10
10
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
|
863
21.94
|
517
770
|
|
| 586265 |
12
12
|
10 AWG
10 AWG
|
1
1
|
20
0.51
|
10
10
|
|
909
23.09
|
589
877
|
|
| 583947 |
2
2
|
8 AWG
8 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
8
8
|
|
670
17.02
|
231
344
|
|
| 678101 |
3
3
|
8 AWG
8 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
8
8
|
|
762
19.36
|
328
488
|
|
| 596685 |
4
4
|
8 AWG
8 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
8
8
|
|
823
20.91
|
423
630
|
|
| 596687 |
6
6
|
8 AWG
8 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
8
8
|
|
887
22.53
|
558
830
|
|
| 584031 |
2
2
|
6 AWG
6 AWG
|
19
19
|
30
0.76
|
6
6
|
|
794
20.18
|
368
548
|
|
Standards & References
Southwire HCF MCAP® Type MC Cable fully meets or exceeds the following requirements:
- UL 83, 1569 and 1063
- UL Online Product Guide Info - Metal-Clad Cable (PJAZ) ( www.ul.com )
- NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code), Article 330
- Federal Specification A-A59544 (formerly J-C-30B)
- IEEE 1202 (70,000 Btu/hr) Vertical Cable Tray Flame Test
- Listed for use in UL 1, 2, and 3 Hour Through-Penetration Firestop Systems
- REACH/RoHS-2 (Chemical Limit) Compliant
Construction
Southwire HCF MCAP® Type MC Cable is constructed with solid soft-drawn copper Type THHN circuit conductors (rated 90ºC dry), redundant grounding provided by an armor assembly comprised of interlocked armor with a bare aluminum grounding/ bonding conductor, and a green insulated copper grounding conductor. The insulated circuit and grounding conductors are cabled together and wrapped with a binder tape bearing the print legend. The bare aluminum grounding/bonding conductor is located outside the binding tape and has the same lay as the insulated conductors. Green Aluminum interlocked armor is snugly wrapped around the conductor assembly. To insure proper cable termination, refer to the installation instructions provided with every reel and coil.