Bx Cable With Aluminum Ground

Armored or metal clad cables used in exterior installations.

Bx cable with aluminum ground. Southwire armorlite 250 ft 12 2 solid aluminum mc cable. The afc cable systems 250 ft. The national electrical code prohibits use of bx technically named armored cable ac in wet locations. One the market there is two types of common bx cable sold in home improvement centers.

12 2 gauge mc the afc cable systems 250 ft. Landscape lighting cables connectors. The bonding wire is unique to ac cable and this. 6 2c metal clad mc cable with ground aluminum armored stranded copper conductors for custom lengths please call 855 880 8010 applications.

Metal clad cable may be used for branch feeder and service for distribution in commercial industrial and multi residential construction. 12 2 gauge mc lite cable protects the inner thhn thwn solid conductors with an aluminum interlocking armored jacket. One type has a steel outer sheath and the other type has an aluminum outer sheath type. Network data cables.

Older type bx cable and egcs we ran into a question regarding older type bx wiring and the code compliance of using the metal jacket for grounding. Although the code states that type ac cable metal jackets can be used as a grounding means we cannot find if the older version type bx is also compliant. The aluminum type has a copper ground wire of the same guage as the hot and neutral wires while the steel only has a bare 22 guage aluminum wire. Home products our products lie in the walls of your home in the transmission lines that power our neighborhoods in the places we work schools where we learn and the hospitals that keep us well.

Use metal clad mc with a metal sheath specifically listed as impervious to water or underground feeder branch circuit cable uf either by itself or in a conduit system approved for use in wet locations if you desire additional. The biggest difference between the two cable systems is that mc has full size ground wire while ac uses a combination of the jacket and a thin bonding strip or wire to function as the equipment ground. Bx cable is grounded via its metal armor or internal green plastic coated ground wire. Better yet use a special armored cable cutting tool.

Power cord by the foot primary wire. The armor features phase circuit stripes for easy identification. Southwire is one of the world s leading manufacturers of wire and cable tools components and assembled solutions. Bx is cut with a hacksaw.

A little bs on bx cables.