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US9431152B2 - Method of manufacturing electrical cable, and resulting product, with reduced required installation pulling force - Google Patents
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H01B13/24—Sheathing; Armouring; Screening; Applying other protective layers by extrusion
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Disclosed is type THHN cable having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a nylon sheath. A high viscosity, high molecular weight silicone based pulling lubricant for THHN cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small THHN gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the nylon material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force on the cable during installation.
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/858,872, filed Sep. 18, 2015, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/144,150, filed Dec. 30, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,142,336, issued Sep. 22, 2015, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 13/774,677, filed Feb. 22, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,616,918, issued Dec. 31, 2013, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 13/274,052, filed Oct. 14, 2011, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,382,518, issued Feb. 26, 2013, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 12/787,877, filed May 26, 2010, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,043,119, issued Oct. 25, 2011, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/675,441, filed Feb. 15, 2007, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,749,024, issued Jul. 6, 2010, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/120,487, filed May 3, 2005, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/952,294, filed Sep. 28, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,411,129, issued Aug. 12, 2008. Each patent application identified above is incorporated here by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to electrical cables, more particularly to THHN electrical cables, and even more particularly to methods for reducing the surface coefficient of friction and required installation pulling force thereof, as well as preferred pulling lubricant compositions for effecting such reductions.
Electrical cables include a conductor core and typically include an outer jacket or sheath. The term “sheath,” as used herein and throughout the specification and claims, is defined to mean the outermost protective jacket or covering surrounding a conductor core, whether of a single type material or multiple layers of the same or different material. The conductor core may typically be, for example, a single metal wire, multiple small wires twisted together to make a “stranded” cable, or multiple insulated wires or other type electrical conductors acting together to serve a particular function (e.g., three-phase connection). The sheath may comprise one or more layers of polymeric or other material to provide physical, mechanical, electrical insulating and/or chemical protection for the underlying cable components. For the purpose of type THHN cable of the present invention, the exterior portion of the sheath is of nylon. Specifically, type THHN cable comprises a conductor core of a single solid or stranded conductor, surrounded by a layer of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) electrical insulation, covered by an outer layer of nylon.
Installation of electrical cable often requires that it be pulled through tight spaces or small openings in, and in engagement with, narrow conduits, raceways, cabletrays, or passageways in rafters or joists. This becomes problematic since the exterior surface of the cable sheath normally has a high coefficient of friction, therefore requiring a large pulling force. Moreover, installation parameters include maximum allowable cable pulling tension and /or sidewall pressure limits. Exceeding these limits can result in degradation of the cable, physical damage and inferior installation.
To overcome this problem, the general industry practice has been to coat the exterior surface of the cable sheath with a pulling lubricant at the job site in order to reduce the coefficient of friction between this surface and the conduit walls or like surfaces, typically using vaselines or lubricants produced specifically, and well known in the industry for such purpose, such as Yellow 77® (hereinafter, “Y 77”). The term “pulling lubricant,” as used herein and throughout the specification and claims, is defined to mean lubricating material which sufficiently reduces the coefficient of friction of the exterior surface of the sheath of the cable to facilitate the pulling of the cable.
The aforementioned industry practice of applying a pulling lubricant like Y 77 to the finished cable at the job site poses problems, principally due to the additional time, expense and manpower required to lubricate the finished cable surface at the job site as well as to clean up after the lubricating process is completed. Alternative solutions have been tried but are generally unsuccessful, including the extrusion of a lubricant layer over the extruded polymeric sheath during the manufacturing of the cable, or the application of granules of material to the still-hot sheath during the extrusion process, which granules are designed to become detached when the cable is pulled through the duct. However, these solutions not only require major alterations of the manufacturing line, but result in a loss in manufacturing time, increased economic costs, and undesirable fluctuations in the geometrical dimensions of the cable sheaths.
It is also important to an understanding of the present invention to know the difference between what are referred to as “pulling lubricants” and what are “processing lubricants.” A pulling lubricant is a lubricant that appears at the outside surface of the sheath of the cable and is effective to lower the surface coefficient of friction such as to reduce the force necessary to pull the cable along or through building surfaces or enclosures. A processing lubricant is lubricating material that is used to facilitate the cable manufacturing process, such as the flow of polymer chains during any polymer compounding as well as during the extrusion processes while the polymer is in its molten or melt phase. Cable manufacturers have long used processing lubricants, such as stearic acid or ethylene bis-stearamide wax, as a minor component of the polymeric compound from which the cable sheath is formed. Because a processing lubricant is normally not effective except when the polymer is in this melt phase, the effect of a processing lubricant is essentially non-existent in the final hardened polymer sheath of the cable. Even where there may be an excessive amount of the processing lubricant, a separate pulling lubricant would still be required to sufficiently reduce the cable sheaths' exterior surface coefficient of friction in order to minimize the pulling force necessary to install the cable.
Accordingly, there has been a long-felt need for an effective method of providing a pulling lubricant at the exterior surface of the finished cable, and particularly the finished THHN cable, which is effective to reduce the cable surface coefficient of friction and minimize the required installation pulling force, without incurring the inconvenience and time-consuming operation and expense associated with the application of the pulling lubricant at the installation site, nor significantly increasing the complexity and cost of the manufacturing process, nor undesirably altering the geometrical characteristics of the cable sheaths.
The process of the present invention accomplishes these objectives for THHN cable by a cable manufacturing process in which a particular pulling lubricant, of optimum weight percentage or quantity, is introduced into the manufacturing process at a particular stage of manufacture, which results in the pulling lubricant being present in the outer sheath, so that it is available to reduce the coefficient of friction of the exterior sheath surface when the cable is to be installed. Depending upon the material of the sheath and the type of lubricant, this may be as a consequence of the migration, or delayed migration or “blooming,” of the pulling lubricant to the sheath surface; or alternatively, due to the permeation of the pulling lubricant throughout the sheath. Under these circumstances, the pulling lubricant is effective to lower the surface coefficient of friction below that of the inherent coefficient of friction of the material from which the outer layer of the THHN sheath is formed, thereby reducing the required installation pulling force.
In accordance with the process of the invention, and as described below in greater detail, the pulling lubricant is selectively chosen to provide the optimum results with respect to the particular nylon sheath material, and may alternately be introduced into the THHN cable manufacturing process at various stages, ranging from the initial compounding of the lubricant with the polymeric nylon material to form lubricated pellets from which the sheath is to be formed, to mixing the lubricant with the nylon sheath material before introduction of the mixture into the extrusion process, to its introduction into the sheath extrusion process while the nylon sheath forming material is in its molten state.
These and other details and aspects of the invention, as well as the advantages thereof, will be more readily understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of typical equipment used in the manufacture of cable in accordance with the present invention, when mixing the lubricant with the nylon material prior to extrusion;
FIG. 2 is a graphical representation of test data comparing the effect of different pulling lubricants in small size THHN cable in which the outer sheath material is nylon;
FIG. 3 is a graphical representation of test data comparing both the effects of different pulling lubricants and different percentages of pulling lubricant in large size THHN cable in which the outer sheath material is nylon;
FIGS. 4 and 5 are representations of test devices which may be used to create the aforementioned test data; and
FIG. 6 is a section view of a THHN cable produced in accordance with the process of the present invention.
Referring initially to FIG. 1, there is depicted typical equipment 11 for manufacturing electrical cable 12 in accordance with one process of the present invention. The outer sheath of the cable is of an extruded polymer material, specifically nylon. The equipment 11 may include a reel 13 which supplies conductor wire 14 to an extruding head 15. In flow communication with the extrusion head is a tank 16 of the nylon pellets 17. A tank 18 with the desired pulling lubricant 19 is adapted to be in flow communication with the tank 16 by way of conduit 22, thus enabling the mixing of the pulling lubricant with the nylon pellets 17, the mixture thereafter introduced into the extruder. Alternatively, the tank may be adapted to be in fluid communication with the extruder or extrusion head 15, by way of conduit 23, downstream from the point of entry of the nylon material, thus allowing the pulling lubricant to mix with the nylon material while in its molten state in the extruder or extruder head. A cooling box 20 for cooling the extruded product is provided, and a reel 21 is positioned for taking up the resulting cable assembly 12. When the final cable construction is such that there are multiple layers of sheath material, the pulling lubricant should desirably be incorporated into the outermost layer.
As is therefore evident, the pulling lubricant can be mixed with the material from which the outer sheath is to be extruded prior to extrusion or, alternatively, introduced into the extruding head for subsequent mixing with the molten extrusion material as the sheath is being formed. As a further alternative, the pulling lubricant can be initially compounded with the polymeric material of the pellets themselves in a process upstream of that depicted in FIG. 1, thereby forming lubricated polymeric pellets, thus eliminating the need for tank 18 and conduits 22 and 23.
Polymeric materials that can be used for an insulating layer or outer sheath of different type of cable include polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride, organic polymeric thermosetting and thermoplastic resins and elastomers, polyolefins, copolymers, vinyls, olefin-vinyl copolymers, polyamides, acrylics, polyesters, fluorocarbons, and the like. As previously described, for the THHN cable of the present invention, the conductor core of a single solid or stranded conductor is surrounded by an insulating layer of PVC covered by an outer sheath of a polyamide (e.g., nylon).
In accordance with the testing subsequently described, it has been determined that, for THHN cable, silicone oil is the preferred pulling lubricant. For small gauge THHN wire, erucamide is an alternative preferred pulling lubricant, to be incorporated in the nylon sheath.
The efficacy of these pulling lubricants for the nylon sheath, and specifically an optimum range for the quantity of such lubricants, in accordance with the invention, has been proven by the use of various tests. Prior to discussing the results of such tests, these test methods and their equipment are described as follows:
TESTING METHODS Coefficient of Friction Test
Referring now to FIG. 4, diagrammatically illustrated is the apparatus for a coefficient of friction test. The coefficient of friction test apparatus was developed to give a consistent way to determine the input values necessary to use the industry-standard program published by PolyWater Corporation to calculate a real-world coefficient of friction for a given cable being pulled in conduit. Given the inputs for the conduit setup, the back tension on the wire, and the pulling tension on the pulling rope, this program back-calculated a coefficient of friction for the cable by subtracting the back tension from the pulling tension and attributing the remaining tension on the rope to frictional forces between the cable and the conduit.
The overall setup used a pulling rope threaded through—40′ of PVC conduit (appropriately sized for the cable being pulled) with two 90° bends. Three 100′ pieces of THHN cable were cut and laid out parallel to one another in line with the first straight section of conduit, and the rope connected to them using industry-standard practice. The other end of the THHN cable was attached to a metal cable which was wrapped around a cylinder with an air brake to allow the application of constant back tension on the setup.
The metal cable was threaded through a load cell so that it could be monitored in real-time, and continuously logged. The pulling rope was similarly threaded through a load cell and constantly monitored and logged. Values for both back tension and pulling tension were logged for the time it took to pull cable through the conduit run. These values were then averaged and used in the PolyWater program to calculate coefficient of friction.
Specific Type THHN Tests
Initial tests of small gauge Type THHN wire were performed using the small-scale tension tester shown in FIG. 5. In this test, multiple individual American Wire Gauge (AWG) size 12 THHN wires were provided on the payoff and attached to a metal pulling tape that was threaded through an arrangement of ½″ conduit that included about 50 feet of straight conduit and four 90° bends. A pulling rope was attached to the other end of the pulling tape and a tugger was used to pull the cable arrangement through the conduit. The rope was threaded through a pulley arrangement that used a load cell to monitor rope tension while the wire was pulled through the conduit. This tension was continuously logged and averaged to give an average pulling force for the pull. This force correlated directly to the coefficient of friction for the cable.
Using the data obtained from the small scale pull test of FIG. 5, FIG. 2 illustrates a comparison of the different required pulling forces for a small gauge cable consisting of multiple (AWG) size 12 THHN conductors. The test subjects had 0.25-0.85% of two different potential pulling lubricants, erucamide and stearyl erucamide, mixed into the outer nylon sheath. Results of the test are shown in FIG. 2 and compared to the results for the standard THHN product without any pulling lubricant and with the externally applied industry-standard Y77. This test shows that erucamide is one preferred lubricant for small gauge THHN cable, in an optimum percentage of approximately 0.85%, by weight.
Next, large gauge Type THHN cable was tested. Using the coefficient of friction test of FIG. 4, FIG. 3 illustrates the different values of surface coefficient of friction of the exterior surface of the sheath, for cables consisting of three individual large gauge AWG 4/0 THHN conductors, for varying percentages of the pulling lubricant, silicone oil, of varying molecular weights. The two lubricants compared in FIG. 3 are a high-molecular weight silicone oil (HMW Si) and a lower molecular weight silicone oil (LMW Si). Comparison results are shown for this same THHN cable arrangement lubricated with industry-standard Y77, as well as with respect to three other trial pulling lubricants, fluorinated oil, molydisulfide, and stearyl erucamide. The results in FIG. 3 illustrate that, while other pulling lubricants can reduce the coefficient of friction of the exterior surface of the cable, the preferred pulling lubricant for THHN cable, and particularly large gauge THHN cable, is a high molecular weight silicone oil added at a level of approximately 9%, by weight, or higher.
In accordance with an advantage of the present invention, the pulling lubricant that is incorporated in the sheath is present at the outer surface of the sheath when the cable engages, or in response to the cable's engagement with, the duct or other structure through which the cable is to be pulled. For the THHN cable of the present invention, where the outer sheath is of nylon and the preferred pulling lubricant is high molecular weight silicone oil, this silicon-based lubricant permeates the entire nylon sheath portion and is, in effect, continuously squeezed to the sheath surface in what is referred to as the “sponge effect,” when the cable is pulled through the duct.
Compounding with Pulling Lubricant
As previously described, the pulling lubricant may be incorporated into the extruded sheath (or the outer layer of the cable sheath if the sheath is of multiple layers) by initially compounding the lubricant with the (outer) sheath material to be extruded. To prepare the lubricated blend of the present invention, the resin and additional components, including the pulling lubricant, are fed into any one of a number of commonly used compounding machines, such as a twin-screw compounding extruder, Buss kneader, Banbury mixer, two-roll mill, or other heated shear-type mixer. The melted, homogeneous blend is then extruded into strands or cut into strips that may be subsequently chopped into easily handled pellets. The so-prepared lubricated pellets are then fed into the extruder for forming the outer sheath.
THHN and THWN-2 are types of insulated electrical conductors that cover a broad range of wire sizes and applications. THHN or THWN-2 conductors are typically 600 volt copper conductors with a sheath comprising an outer layer of nylon surrounding a layer of thermoplastic insulation and are heat, moisture, oil, and gasoline resistant. THHN cable is primarily used in conduit and cable trays for services, feeders, and branch circuits in commercial or industrial applications as specified in the National Electrical Code and is suitable for use in dry locations at temperatures not to exceed 90° C. Type THWN-2 cable is suitable for use in wet or dry locations at temperatures not to exceed 90° C. or not to exceed 75° C. when exposed to oil or coolant. Type THHN or THWN-2 conductors are usually annealed (soft) copper, insulated with a tough, heat and moisture resistant polyvinylchloride (PVC), over which a polyamide layer, specifically nylon, is applied. Many cables, including those addressed by the present invention, can be “multi-rated,” simultaneously qualifying for rating as THHN or THWN-2.
Referring now to FIG. 6, there is illustrated a THHN cable 24 constructed in accordance with the process of the invention. The cable is characterized by a sheath comprising an extruded layer 25 of PVC insulation material and an overlying extruded thin layer 26 of nylon, the sheath surrounding a central electric conductor 27 which is usually, though not exclusively, of copper. The only limitation on the type of pulling lubricant to be incorporated into the extruded outer nylon sheath is that it be sufficiently compatible with nylon to be co-processed with it, and particularly when compounded with nylon, that it be robust enough to withstand the high processing temperature for nylon, which is typically about 500° F. However, it has been found that for THHN cable, this lubricant is preferably a high molecular weight, high viscosity silicone fluid; for small gauge THHN wire, as an alternative, erucamide or stearyl erucamide.
Two industry-standard processes can be used to produce this product, the so called co-extrusion method and the tandem extrusion method. In both processes, the conductor, either solid or stranded, is first introduced into the extrusion head where the heated, melted PVC insulation compound is introduced and applied to the circumference of the conductor. In the co-extrusion process, the melted nylon compound is introduced into the same extrusion head and applied together with the PVC to the conductor, in a two-layer orientation. In the tandem process the PVC-coated conductor leaves the first extrusion head and is introduced into a second, separate extrusion head where the melted nylon is applied to the surface. In both cases, the final product is then introduced into a cooling water bath and ultimately the cooled product is wound onto reels. In either case, the nylon material is preferably initially compounded with the pulling lubricant to provide the so-lubricated extrusion pellets.
As shown in FIG. 2, small gauge THHN cable prepared, as described, with nylon as the outer layer of the sheath, and containing 0.25%, 0.50% and 0.85%, by weight, of stearyl erucamide, had an average pulling force of 18.1 lbs, 16 lbs and 18.5 lbs, respectively. Even better, small gauge THHN cable containing 0.25%, 0.50% and 0.85%, by weight, of erucamide had an average pulling force of 13.2 lbs, 10.3 lbs and 9.6 lbs, respectively. Comparably, the pulling force for a THHN cable with no pulling lubricant was measured at 38.5 lbs, and THHN cable with only Y 77 applied to the exterior surface was measured at 15.3 lbs. FIG. 3, on the other hand, illustrates the results when silicone oil is used in THHN cable, compared to other potential lubricants, illustrating silicone oil as a much preferred pulling lubricant for this type cable.
Although the aforementioned description references specific embodiments and processing techniques of the invention, it is to be understood that these are only illustrative. For example, although the description has been with respect to electrical cable, it is also applicable to other types of non-electrical cable such as, for example, fiber optic cable. Additional modifications may be made to the described embodiments and techniques without departing from the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined solely by the appended claims.
1. A thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable having reduced installation pulling force through a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conduit setup, the THHN electrical cable comprising:
at least one conductor capable of carrying an electrical current through the THHN electrical cable, wherein the conductor is formed at least in part from copper; and,
a sheath for protecting the conductor, wherein the sheath comprises:
an insulating layer surrounding the conductor and providing electrical insulation to the conductor, wherein the insulating layer is formed at least in part from extruded polyvinyl chloride (PVC); and,
an outer layer surrounding the insulating layer, wherein the outer layer further comprises;
an extruded nylon component;
a pulling lubricant incorporated in the extruded nylon component that aids in reducing the installation pulling force as the THHN electrical cable is pulled through a PVC conduit setup; and wherein,
the pulling lubricant is silicone based; and
the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of between about 4% and about 14% by weight; and further wherein,
the outer layer is both resistant to heat, moisture, oil and gasoline, and provides the THHN electrical cable with the physical characteristic of having an average coefficient of friction against an interior surface of a PVC conduit setup of less than about 0.25.
2. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the silicone based pulling lubricant comprises a high molecular weight silicone based pulling lubricant.
3. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 2, wherein the THHN electrical cable has the physical characteristic of having an average coefficient of friction against an interior surface of a PVC conduit setup of less than about 0.2.
4. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 2, wherein the THHN electrical cable has the physical characteristic of having an average coefficient of friction against an interior surface of a PVC conduit of between about 0.125 and about 0.2.
5. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 2, wherein the THHN electrical cable has the physical characteristic of having an average coefficient of friction against an interior surface of a PVC conduit of less than about 0.15.
6. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the silicone based pulling lubricant comprises a low molecular weight silicone based pulling lubricant.
7. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the at least one conductor comprises a plurality of grouped conductors.
8. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the at least one conductor is a large gauge conductor.
9. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 8, wherein the at least one conductor comprises an AWG 4/0 conductor.
10. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the THHN electrical cable has a round profile.
11. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of between about 5% and about 7% by weight.
12. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of between about 7% and about 9% by weight.
13. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of between about 7% and about 14% by weight.
14. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of between about 9% and about 14% by weight.
15. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of about 9% by weight.
16. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the THHN electrical cable is rated for use in dry locations at temperatures not to exceed 90° C.
17. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the THHN electrical cable is rated to carry current at voltages not to exceed 600 Volts.
18. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 1, wherein the PVC conduit setup includes at least two 90° bends.
19. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 18, wherein the PVC conduit setup includes a first straight section of conduit connected to a first one of the 90° bends, a second straight section of conduit connected between the first one of the 90° bends and a second one of the 90° bends, and a third straight section of conduit connected to the second one of the 90° bends.
20. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 19, wherein the first straight section of the conduit is about 30′ long, the second straight section of the conduit is about 5′ long, and the third straight section of the conduit is about 10′ long.
21. A thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable having reduced installation pulling force through a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) conduit setup, the THHN electrical cable comprising:
at least one conductor capable of carrying an electrical current through the THHN electrical cable, wherein the conductor is formed at least in part from at least one metal; and,
a pulling lubricant incorporated in the extruded nylon component that aids in reducing the installation pulling force as the THHN electrical cable is pulled through a conduit; and wherein,
the pulling lubricant is silicone based;
the pulling lubricant is present in at least a portion of the outer layer at a concentration of between about 4% and about 14% by weight; and wherein,
the pulling lubricant is permeable through the nylon component after the nylon component has been extruded and can be squeezed therefrom when the THHN electrical cable is pulled through a PVC conduit; and further wherein,
the outer layer is both resistant to heat, moisture, oil and gasoline, and provides the THHN electrical cable with the physical characteristic of having an average coefficient of friction against an interior surface of a PVC conduit of less than about 0.25.
22. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 21, wherein the PVC conduit setup includes at least two 90° bends.
23. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 22, wherein the PVC conduit setup includes a first straight section of conduit connected to a first one of the 90° bends, a second straight section of conduit connected between the first one of the 90° bends and a second one of the 90° bends, and a third straight section of conduit connected to the second one of the 90° bends.
24. The thermoplastic high heat-resistant nylon-coated (THHN) electrical cable of claim 23, wherein the first straight section of the conduit is about 30′ long, the second straight section of the conduit is about 5′ long, and the third straight section of the conduit is about 10′ long.
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