Users should evaluate the suitability of this product for their application. Specications are subject to change without notice.
Tyco Electronics also reserves the right to make changes in materials or processing, which do not affect compliance with any specication, without notication to Buyer.
1/ COLORS AND COLOR CODE DESIGNATORS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MIL-STD-681. HOWEVER, DUE TO LENGTH LIMITATIONS OF THE RAYCHEM PART NUMBER,
AN ALTERNATIVE COLOR CODE MAY REPLACE MIL-STD-681 COLOR CODE DESIGNATORS. (EXAMPLE: “901/902...” MAY BE REPLACED BY “Axxx”.) OTHER CODES AND
SUFFIXES MAY BE ADDED TO THE PART NUMBER AS NECESSARY, TO CAPTURE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE PURCHASE ORDER.
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DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES, AND UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED ARE NOMINAL
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SPECIFICATION CONTROL DRAWING 55A1132
THREE CONDUCTOR CABLE, SHIELDED, JACKETED, GENERAL PURPOSE, 600 VOLT 5-13-08 D
This specication sheet forms a part of the latest issue of Raychem Specication 55A.
JACKET - RADIATION-CROSSLINKED,
MODIFIED ETFE
COMPONENT WIRES - 55A0112
CABLE RATINGS AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
TITLE Date Revision
SHIELD - SILVER-COATED COPPER
CABLE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
PART NUMBER
1/
CONDUCTOR
SIZE
(AWG)
SHIELD
SIZE
(AWG)
JACKET THICKNESS
(inches)
OUTSIDE DIAMETER
(inches) MAXIMUM
WEIGHT
(lbs/1000 ft.)
MINIMUM NOMINAL NOMINAL MAXIMUM
55A1132-26-* 26 38 .006 .008 .102 .108 10.0
55A1132-24-* 24 38 .006 .008 .113 .119 12.6
55A1132-22-* 22 38 .006 .008 .126 .132 16.5
55A1132-20-* 20 38 .006 .008 .141 .149 22.3
55A1132-18-* 18 38 .006 .008 .163 .172 31.0
55A1132-16-* 16 38 .006 .008 .180 .189 37.8
55A1132-14-* 14 38 .007 .009 .219 .230 54.7
55A1132-12-* 12 38 .007 .009 .257 .270 78.9
55A1132-10-* 10 38 .007 .009 .311 .327 120.
TEMPERATURE RATING: 200°C
Maximum continuous conductor temperature
VOLTAGE RATING: 600 volts (rms) at sea level
ACCELERATED AGING: 300 ± 3°C for 7 hours
BLOCKING: 200 ± 3°C for 6 hours
DIELECTRIC WITHSTAND: 1500 volts (rms), 60 Hz
FLAMMABILITY (Procedure 1): 3 seconds (maximum);
3 in. (maximum); no aming of facial tissue
JACKET COLOR: White preferred
JACKET ELONGATION AND TENSILE STRENGTH:
Elongation, 50% (minimum)
Tensile Strength, 5000 lbf/in² (minimum)
JACKET FLAWS:
Spark Test, 1000 volts (rms)
Impulse Dielectric Test, 6.0 kV (peak)
NOTE: Nominal values are for information only.
Nominal values are not requirements.
LIFE CYCLE: 230 ± 3°C for 500 hours
LOW TEMPERATURE-COLD BEND: -65 ± 2°C for 4 hours
SHIELD COVERAGE: 85% (minimum)
VOLTAGE WITHSTAND TEST (Post Environmental):
1000 volts (rms), 60 Hz, 1 minute
PART NUMBER:
The “*” in the part numbers above shall be replaced by color code
designators with a slash separating the component wire colors and a
dash separating the component wire colors from the jacket color. Colors
shown do not necessarily reect the sequence of manufacturing.
1/ Example: AWG 20, black, brown and red component wires;
white jacket: 55A1132-20-0/1/2-9
