CTC-0062
SPECIFICATION CONTROL DRAWING
Date Revision
TITLE
TWO CONDUCTOR THERMOCOUPLE EXTENSION CABLE, SHIELDED, JACKETED 11-26-07 H
This specification sheet forms a part of the latest issue of Raychem Specification 55A.
COMPONENT WIRES -
1 of 55A8001-AWG (CHROMEL)
JACKET - RADIATION-CROSSLINKED,
SHIELD - TIN-COATED COPPER
1 of 55A8000-AWG (ALUMEL)
MODIFIED ETFE
CABLE CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
JACKET THICKNESS OUTSIDE DIAMETER
CONDUCTOR SHIELD MAXIMUM
PART NUMBER
(inches) (inches)
SIZE SIZE WEIGHT
1/
(AWG) (AWG) (lbs/1000 ft.)
MINIMUM NOMINAL NOMINAL MAXIMUM
CTC-0062-26-* 26 38 .010 .012 .121 .127 11.0
CTC-0062-24-* 24 38 .010 .012 .131 .138 13.2
CTC-0062-22-* 22 38 .010 .012 .143 .150 16.4
CTC-0062-20-* 20 38 .010 .012 .159 .167 20.7
CTC-0062-18-* 18 38 .010 .012 .181 .190 27.4
CTC-0062-16-* 16 38 .010 .012 .197 .207 32.5
CABLE RATINGS AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
TEMPERATURE RATING: 150C PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION: The cable jacket shall be marked in
Maximum continuous conductor temperature contrasting ink at 6 inch (nominal) intervals between marks as follows:
ACCELERATED AGING: 300 3C for 7 hours CTC-0062-AWG-06090
DIELECTRIC WITHSTAND: 1500 volts (rms), 60 Hz
FLAMMABILITY (Procedure 1): 3 seconds (maximum); PART NUMBER:
3 in. (maximum); no flaming of facial tissue The * in the part numbers above shall be replaced by color code
JACKET ELONGATION AND TENSILE STRENGTH: designators with a slash separating the component wire colors and a
Elongation, 50% (minimum) dash separating the component wire colors from the jacket color.
Tensile Strength, 5000 lbf/in (minimum) The color of the CHROMEL shall be shown first.
JACKET FLAWS:
Spark Test, 1000 volts (rms) 1/ Example: AWG 20,
Impulse Dielectric Test, 6.0 kV (peak) Per MIL-STD-687: white and green; white jacket:
LOW TEMPERATURE-COLD BEND: -65 2C for 4 hours CTC-0062-20-9/5-9
SHIELD COVERAGE: 85% (minimum) Per ANSI MC96.1: yellow and red; yellow jacket:
VOLTAGE WITHSTAND TEST (Post Environmental): CTC-0062-20-4/2-4
1000 volts (rms), 60 Hz, 1 minute Per British Standard Code BS:
brown and blue; red jacket:
CTC-0062-20-1/6-2
Per International Standard IEC 584-3:
green and white; green jacket:
CTC-0062-20-5/9-5
The combination of the above thermoelements is referred to as Type KX per ANSI MC96.1.
EMF shall be 4.00 mV (minimum), 4.19 mV (maximum), at 100C with reference junction corrected to 0C per ANSI MC96.1,
and shall be performed on every length of finished cable.
CHROMEL and ALUMEL are federally registered trademarks of Hoskins Manufacturing Company. Alternative conductors, exhibiting the
same performance characteristics, may be substituted for one or both of the CHROMEL and ALUMEL conductors.
Users should evaluate the suitability of this product for their application. Specifications are subject to change without notice.
Tyco Electronics also reserves the right to make changes in materials or processing, which do not affect compliance with any specification, without notification to Buyer.
1/ COLORS AND COLOR CODE DESIGNATORS SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH MIL-STD-681. HOWEVER, DUE TO LENGTH LIMITATIONS OF THE RAYCHEM PART NUMBER,
AN ALTERNATIVE COLOR CODE MAY REPLACE MIL-STD-681 COLOR CODE DESIGNATORS. (EXAMPLE: 901/902... MAY BE REPLACED BY Axxx.) OTHER CODES AND
SUFFIXES MAY BE ADDED TO THE PART NUMBER AS NECESSARY, TO CAPTURE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THE PURCHASE ORDER.
The TE logo, Tyco Electronics, Raychem, Alumel and Chromel are trademarks. Raychem Wire & Cable
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DIMENSIONS ARE IN INCHES, AND UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED ARE NOMINAL
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