UL Standard Revisions and Proposals, Tri-National Standard Harmonization Activities

International Wire & Cable Symposium 241 Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference
UL Standard Revisions and Proposals, Tri-national Standard Harmonization Activities, New Service Offerings and Changes to the 2014 edition of the National Electrical Code
Presented by Anthony Tassone
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Agenda
Standard Proposals Recent Standard Revisions Harmonization Activities Service Offerings 2014 NEC
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The Standard for Appliance Wiring Material UL 758 - Addition of IEC 60332-1, -2 Flame Testing
UL 62368 is an information technology equipment (ITE) standard that will eventually replace UL 60950 and UL 60650. In UL 62638, various clauses reference the IEC 60332-1 and 60332-2 small scale flame tests for wiring. Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) is typically used as the wiring for products covered by UL 62638. However, UL 758 does not contain the option to perform the IEC 60332-1 and -2 tests on AWM. A proposal has been made to provide the option. Comments were due 9/23/2013.
Standard for Optical Fiber Cables UL 1651

A proposal was recently prepared to the Standards Technical Panel (STP) to revise UL1651 to specify a minimum 60C rating.
Article 770.179 of the NEC was previously revised to require Optical Fiber cables have a temperature rating of not less than 60 C.
Standard for Photovoltaic Wire -UL 4703
UL will soon be publishing the first edition of the Standard for Photovoltaic Wire, UL 4703. Prior to this new standard, UL published an Outline of Investigation covering these wires. Major differences between the outline and the new standard are the elimination of the use of 1350 aluminum conductors and the addition of non-jacketed multiple conductor assemblies of PV wires.
Recent Standard Revisions
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Reference Standard For Electric Wires, Cables and Flexible Cords - UL 1581
Addition of new material for use in high temperature (300C) AWM
A thermoplastic epitaxial co-crystallized alloy perfluoropolymer material has been added.
Standard for Nonmetallic-Sheathed Cables UL 719 - Deletion of the Conductor Pullout Test
The conductor pullout test formerly conducted on 14 10 AWG flat Type NM-B containing 2 or 3 circuit conductors with a grounding conductor has been deleted from the standard The available of new jacket stripping tools replacing the traditional box cutter, the cable construction permitting a reduced effort to pull the cable through joists during installation, and the requirements for cable securement were the rational supporting the proposal.
Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables with Optional Optical-Fiber Members UL1277 Addition of DC Dielectric Voltage Withstand Test
UL 1277, the Standard for Electrical Power and Control Tray Cables with Optional Optical-Fiber Members, now includes a DC dielectric voltage-withstand test in addition to the AC test previously required.
UL 44 and UL 83 permit either AC or DC voltage for the dielectric voltage-withstand test. This DC test, conducted on finished reels of cable, requires that the test be performed using a DC voltage equal to 3 times the required AC voltage.
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Harmonization Activities
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Standard for Flexible Cords and Cables UL 62

Major revisions include: Addition of odd AWG sizes up to and including 3 AWG Addition of requirements for EV cables
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Standard for Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords UL 817

The formal CANENA binational effort to harmonize UL 817 and CSA C22.2 No. 21, Cord Sets, has been terminated. The project will be replaced by a UL standard and a separate CSA standard that are based on the current harmonized and balloted binational draft of the standard from this year. The time required to revise a harmonized standard is non-conducive to the current needs of the industry. There has been little involvement from Industry in recent years on the Technical Harmonization Committee (THC) with only one or two main supporters.
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Standard for Thermoplastic-Insulated Wires and Cables UL 83 and Standard for Thermoset-Insulated Wires and Cables UL44
UL is continuing to resolve the ballot recirculation comments obtained as a result of the April 19, 2013 proposed new editions of UL 44 and UL 83.
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Standard for Wire and Cable Test Methods UL2556

Incorporation of methods currently found in CSA C 22.2 No 0.3 into UL/CSA/ANCE 2556
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New Service Offerings
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Small Scale Flame Rated Wire
This cable is intended for use as an external interconnecting cable in lengths not more than 3.05 meters used with UL 60950-1 and/or UL 62368-1 equipment. These external cables are intended to connect to SELV/LPS (UL 60950-1 circuit designations) and ES1/PS2 or LPS (UL 62368-1 energy source designations). This wire/cable has only been evaluated in accordance with UL 2556, VW-1 flame test. FT1 also covered
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AWM Compounds
The materials covered under this category are intended for further processing as components of complete Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) constructions. These compounds have been investigated and are considered suitable for use as an insulation, covering or jacket of an AWM, subject to the ratings indicated for the specific grade. These compounds have been tested in accordance with the methods outlined in ANSI/UL 758, Standard for Appliance Wiring Material.
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Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) Compounds - Scope

The use of these compounds in AWM is optional, not mandatory. A manufacturer choosing to source one of these compounds will have a reasonable level of assurance that the compound, if processed correctly, will meet all of the requirements in UL 758 for the particular construction.
The test program for this category will include the particular requirements in UL 758 for the specific component (insulation, covering, jacket) as well as analytical tests to identify or finger print the compound. Follow-Up Services (FUS) testing of the compound will include the analytical tests.
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2014 NEC Significant Changes
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Increase in Wire Rating: 600 to 1000 V

Due to the demand for increasing voltage levels used in wind generation and photovoltaic systems, proposals were made and accepted to increase the maximum voltage rating of certain wiring methods to 1000 V.
Included in the revision are the wires found in Table 310.104(A) such as Types THW, THHN, XHHW, and RHW. Per the 2014 NEC, these conductors may be rated up to 1000 V if Listed and marked. A NEMA Task Force was formed in order to assess the impact on building wire insulation thickness and performance requirements in light of the NEC revision.
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Increase in Wire Rating: 600 to 1000 V
The NEMA Task Force extensively reviewed a spreadsheet of wire types in UL 83 and UL 44, which summarized insulation wall thicknesses and references to Long-Term IR, Spark test voltages, and voltages for Dielectric-Voltage Withstand.
Overall, there is a need to determine whether performance requirements for 600 V rated conductors can be increased to those specified for 1000 V rated conductors without the need to increase insulation thicknesses. Data is being gathered to substantiate maintaining existing insulation wall thicknesses. Proposals to revise the effected standards to include the 1000 V requirements (if different from those for 600 V) would then be made.
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Article 400 Flexible Cords and Cables
The NEC added two flexible cords types, HSJO and HSJOOW, to Table 400.4 which tabulates cord types, their voltage ratings, conductor size ranges, insulation thickness as well as other construction details.
Cords or cables consisting of integral insulation and a jacket without a non-integral grounding conductor (for example Type SPT-1) shall be permitted to be green.
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Article 400 Flexible Cords and Cables
400.7(11) Allows for flexible cord in the way of an extension cord to provide power to an inlet in a wall which in turn provides power to a chapter 3 wiring method that is connected to an outlet in the wall behind a flat screen television.
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Article 625 Electric Vehicle Charging Systems

Clarification of the power supply cord requirements for cord connected equipment (625.17(A)) and output cable to the vehicle (625.17(B))
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Article 690 Solar Photovoltaic Systems
According to 690.31 (C)(2) - PV source circuits and PV output circuits using single-conductor cable listed and labeled as photovoltaic (PV) wire of all sizes, with or without a cable tray marking/rating, shall be permitted in cable trays installed in outdoor locations, provided that the cables are supported at intervals not to exceed 12 in. and secured at intervals not to exceed 4.5 ft. According to 690.31(D) - Multiconductor cable Type TC-ER or Type USE-2 shall be permitted in outdoor locations in PV inverter output circuits where used with utility interactive inverters mounted in locations that are not readily accessible. The cable shall be secured at intervals not exceeding 6 ft. Equipment grounding for the utilization equipment shall be provided by an equipment grounding conductor within the cable.
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Article 725 Power Limited Circuits
Rearrangement of articles to be consistent with Article 800 for installation and application requirements Addition of cable routing assemblies
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Article 728 Fire Resistive Cable Systems
New article covering the installation of fire-restive cables, conductors and other system components
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Article 770 Optical Fiber Cables
Direct burial requirements were added for conductive Optical Fiber cables in Article 770.47(B). The direct buried conductive optical fiber cables shall be separated from conductors of electric light, power or non-power limited fire alarm circuit conductors or Class 1 circuit. (Currently there are no Listed direct burial Optical Fiber cables)
Correlation markings were added for field assembled cables (770.179). The covering of the field assembled optical fiber cable shall have a surface marking that indicates the specific optical fiber conductors for which it is listed and the optical fibers shall have the correlating marking.
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Article 800 Communications Circuits
Articles 800, 830, 840 (Table 154a) were revised to state that Plenum Rated Cable Routing Assemblies are not permitted in environmental air spaces(plenum).
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International Wire & Cable Symposium 241 Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference

UL and the UL logo are trademarks of UL LLC 2013

International Wire & Cable Symposium

Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference

Standard for Optical Fiber Cables UL 1651

Standard for Photovoltaic Wire -UL 4703

International Wire & Cable Symposium

Recent Standard Revisions

Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference

International Wire & Cable Symposium

Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference

Standard for Flexible Cords and Cables UL 62

Standard for Cord Sets and Power-Supply Cords UL 817

Standard for Wire and Cable Test Methods UL2556

International Wire & Cable Symposium

New Service Offerings

Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference

Small Scale Flame Rated Wire

Appliance Wiring Material (AWM) Compounds - Scope

International Wire & Cable Symposium

2014 NEC Significant Changes

Proceedings of the 62nd IWCS Conference

Increase in Wire Rating: 600 to 1000 V

Increase in Wire Rating: 600 to 1000 V

Article 400 Flexible Cords and Cables

Article 400 Flexible Cords and Cables

Article 625 Electric Vehicle Charging Systems

Article 690 Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Article 725 Power Limited Circuits

Article 728 Fire Resistive Cable Systems

Article 770 Optical Fiber Cables

Article 800 Communications Circuits

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