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UL Standard Revisions and Proposals, Tri-national Standard Harmonization Activities, New Service Offerings and Changes to the 2014 edition of the National Electrical Code
Presented by Anthony Tassone
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Agenda
Standard Proposals Recent Standard Revisions Harmonization Activities Service Offerings 2014 NEC
Standard Proposals
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The Standard for Appliance Wiring Material UL 758 - Addition of IEC 60332-1, -2 Flame Testing
UL 62368 is an information technology equipment (ITE) standard that will eventually replace UL 60950 and UL 60650. In UL 62638, various clauses reference the IEC 60332-1 and 60332-2 small scale flame tests for wiring. Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) is typically used as the wiring for products covered by UL 62638. However, UL 758 does not contain the option to perform the IEC 60332-1 and -2 tests on AWM. A proposal has been made to provide the option. Comments were due 9/23/2013.
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UL will soon be publishing the first edition of the Standard for Photovoltaic Wire, UL 4703. Prior to this new standard, UL published an Outline of Investigation covering these wires. Major differences between the outline and the new standard are the elimination of the use of 1350 aluminum conductors and the addition of non-jacketed multiple conductor assemblies of PV wires.
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Reference Standard For Electric Wires, Cables and Flexible Cords - UL 1581
Addition of new material for use in high temperature (300C) AWM
A thermoplastic epitaxial co-crystallized alloy perfluoropolymer material has been added.
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Standard for Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cables UL 719 - Deletion of the Conductor Pullout Test
The conductor pullout test formerly conducted on 14 10 AWG flat Type NM-B containing 2 or 3 circuit conductors with a grounding conductor has been deleted from the standard The available of new jacket stripping tools replacing the traditional box cutter, the cable construction permitting a reduced effort to pull the cable through joists during installation, and the requirements for cable securement were the rational supporting the proposal.
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Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables with Optional Optical-Fiber Members UL1277 Addition of DC Dielectric Voltage Withstand Test
UL 1277, the Standard for Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables with Optional Optical-Fiber Members, now includes a DC dielectric voltage-withstand test in addition to the AC test previously required.
UL 44 and UL 83 permit either AC or DC voltage for the dielectric voltage-withstand test. This DC test, conducted on finished reels of cable, requires that the test be performed using a DC voltage equal to 3 times the required AC voltage.
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Harmonization Activities
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Standard for Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables UL 83 and Standard for Thermoset-Insulated Wires and Cables UL44
UL is continuing to resolve the ballot recirculation comments obtained as a result of the April 19, 2013 proposed new editions of UL 44 and UL 83.
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This cable is intended for use as an external interconnecting cable in lengths not more than 3.05 meters used with UL 60950-1 and/or UL 62368-1 equipment. These external cables are intended to connect to SELV/LPS (UL 60950-1 circuit designations) and ES1/PS2 or LPS (UL 62368-1 energy source designations). This wire/cable has only been evaluated in accordance with UL 2556, VW-1 flame test. FT1 also covered
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AWM Compounds
The materials covered under this category are intended for further processing as components of complete Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) constructions. These compounds have been investigated and are considered suitable for use as an insulation, covering or jacket of an AWM, subject to the ratings indicated for the specific grade. These compounds have been tested in accordance with the methods outlined in ANSI/UL 758, Standard for Appliance Wiring Material.
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Included in the revision are the wires found in Table 310.104(A) such as Types THW, THHN, XHHW, and RHW. Per the 2014 NEC, these conductors may be rated up to 1000 V if Listed and marked. A NEMA Task Force was formed in order to assess the impact on building wire insulation thickness and performance requirements in light of the NEC revision.
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The NEMA Task Force extensively reviewed a spreadsheet of wire types in UL 83 and UL 44, which summarized insulation wall thicknesses and references to Long-Term IR, Spark test voltages, and voltages for Dielectric-Voltage Withstand.
Overall, there is a need to determine whether performance requirements for 600 V rated conductors can be increased to those specified for 1000 V rated conductors without the need to increase insulation thicknesses. Data is being gathered to substantiate maintaining existing insulation wall thicknesses. Proposals to revise the effected standards to include the 1000 V requirements (if different from those for 600 V) would then be made.
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The NEC added two flexible cords types, HSJO and HSJOOW, to Table 400.4 which tabulates cord types, their voltage ratings, conductor size ranges, insulation thickness as well as other construction details.
Cords or cables consisting of integral insulation and a jacket without a non-integral grounding conductor (for example Type SPT-1) shall be permitted to be green.
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400.7(11) Allows for flexible cord in the way of an extension cord to provide power to an inlet in a wall which in turn provides power to a chapter 3 wiring method that is connected to an outlet in the wall behind a flat screen television.
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According to 690.31 (C)(2) - PV source circuits and PV output circuits using single-conductor cable listed and labeled as photovoltaic (PV) wire of all sizes, with or without a cable tray marking/rating, shall be permitted in cable trays installed in outdoor locations, provided that the cables are supported at intervals not to exceed 12 in. and secured at intervals not to exceed 4.5 ft. According to 690.31(D) - Multiconductor cable Type TC-ER or Type USE-2 shall be permitted in outdoor locations in PV inverter output circuits where used with utility interactive inverters mounted in locations that are not readily accessible. The cable shall be secured at intervals not exceeding 6 ft. Equipment grounding for the utilization equipment shall be provided by an equipment grounding conductor within the cable.
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Rearrangement of articles to be consistent with Article 800 for installation and application requirements Addition of cable routing assemblies
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New article covering the installation of fire-restive cables, conductors and other system components
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Direct burial requirements were added for conductive Optical Fiber cables in Article 770.47(B). The direct buried conductive optical fiber cables shall be separated from conductors of electric light, power or non-power limited fire alarm circuit conductors or Class 1 circuit. (Currently there are no Listed direct burial Optical Fiber cables)
Correlation markings were added for field assembled cables (770.179). The covering of the field assembled optical fiber cable shall have a surface marking that indicates the specific optical fiber conductors for which it is listed and the optical fibers shall have the correlating marking.
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Articles 800, 830, 840 (Table 154a) were revised to state that Plenum Rated Cable Routing Assemblies are not permitted in environmental air spaces(plenum).
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