Type G-GC Cable

[tkb]

I am pricing up generator installs at multiple cell sites.
The drawings show type "G-GC" cable directly buried from the generator to the distribution panel to the cell huts.

I looked up type "G-GC' cable and don't see it as a DB cable.
It is listed under 400.4 as cord.

Can this cable be DB if they don't have to follow the NEC?

 

[Buck Parrish]

I am pricing up generator installs at multiple cell sites.
The drawings show type "G-GC" cable directly buried from the generator to the distribution panel to the cell huts.

I looked up type "G-GC' cable and don't see it as a DB cable.
It is listed under 400.4 as cord.

Can this cable be DB if they don't have to follow the NEC?

If you don't have to follow the NEC then all you have is the manufactors instructions.
It is desighned real flexible for equipment that will be moved around. It is used in coal mines. You can lay it right on the ground. I don't know how it will hold up under wet conditions under the ground for many years. It is designed for portable eqipment.
If your generator will be fastened in place.
I would talk to the engineer or the owner. Tell them that this cable may not be suitable for this installtion. It might substantially increase the cost of the job. Or not.:grin: