alaskan JW
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There is nothing special about DLO that gives you an higher ampacity than standard building wire. You might think that if you just look at the manufacturer's info...they almost always list the 90?C free air ampacity. You can't use that DLO conductors that are installed in a raceway.alaskan JW said:We had to use DLO because the ampacity is twice
what a normal class b stranded wire is.
alaskan JW said:Had a really hard pull this weekend. Pulled 3- 646 and 1-#2 DLO
cables 900' through 4in. Ocal.
You said that the DLO has twice the ampcity of standard Class B stranded wire. What I was trying to say is that you can't use the manufacturer's listed ampacity in a conduit as that ampacity is almost always based on a free air installation and 90?C ampacity. You can't use that ampacity for a NEC conduit installation.alaskan JW said:They were worried about voltage drop and the DLO has 1600 strands of #24, thus more surface area then normal building wire. Why can you not use it in conduit? the insulation on it is listed as RHH.
SEO said:DLO cable is sometines used in cable trays for UPS systems and battery hook-up. As far as pulling 900' runs I would wounder if any of the strands might break under the stress of the pull?