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Author Topic: ISO source for multiconductor 10 - 12 AWG cable William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-26-2005 07:04 AM                        Does anyone have any recommendations for a multiconductor cable with six 10 or 12 AWG conductors? I've got a pipe that had twelve single DCC 12 AWG cables running through it, 6 each passing through 9/16" openings after going around hard corners, etc. 10 AWG plastic insulated cable is smaller in dia. than the 12 AWG DCC cables, but the route is so tough that only a few could be pulled before it got packed up. A couple of 6 conductor cables might go through on a couple of fishes, if I can find something no larger than 9/16" O.D.  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 07-26-2005 08:40 AM                        I have used thhn cable that is quite slick. Without reducing the wire size, the only hope is to reduce the insulation thickness. A "cable" will only make it larger still. BTW #10 is Larger than #12. Louis  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 07-26-2005 09:26 AM                     Multiconductor tray cable that you are looking for would not work due to the outer insulation taking up about 30% of the cable size...the 9/16" hole is roughly equal to the net area in a 3/4" EMT conduit so you are already asking to exceed electrical code recommendations. There are cable companies that can "lash" individual insulated THHN or high temperature ( and thinner wall ) wires together so as not to have an outer jacket. The lashing also allows for easy pull with proper cable lubricant.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-27-2005 01:14 AM                        Thanks guys. I was probably unclear when I mentioned that even though the 10 AWG THNN has a smaller OD than the cotton-covered 12 AWG I pulled out, I could still only pull a couple of runs of skinny 10 AWG THNN in the same pipe where the 12 runs of fatter cotton-covered 12 AWG had been. And the old stuff was cotton-covered rubber, not DCC, brain fade. quote: Richard Fowler There are cable companies that can "lash" individual insulated THHN or high temperature ( and thinner wall ) wires together so as not to have an outer jacket. Richard, can you suggest a company to contact? My concern would be the ribbon or cord I've seen used to lash cables might hang up on an inside corner. That's why I was thinking of perhaps something with a sheath. quote: Richard Fowler The lashing also allows for easy pull with proper cable lubricant. I promise you, that pipe after last weekend would be worth millions as a Yellow 77 mine.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 07-27-2005 08:07 AM                     First off..."tray" cable is often the fattest of the stuff...I do't know who mentioned that first...it will even have filler cords in it to make it nice a round so it will lay properly in a tray. As to cable lashing...mostly what I see now is a clear mylar wrap around the bundle that is quite slick and with wire-lube will pull rather easily. Try International Wire and Cable.  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-28-2005 12:15 AM                        Thanks guys!  |  IP: Logged

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