WIRE RATINGS AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
SPECIFICATION CONTROL DRAWING
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55FA0511
Revision SCD Number
TEMPERATURE RATING: 150°C
Maximum continuous conductor temperature
VOLTAGE RATING: 600 volts (rms) at sea level
ATTENUATION (INSERTION LOSS): See Table III
BLOCKING: 200 ± 3°C for 6 hours
COLOR: Light violet preferred
CONCENTRICITY: Primary Insulation - 50% (minimum); Finished Wire - 70% (minimum)
CROSSLINKING PROOF TEST: 300 ± 3°C for 7 hours
FLAMMABILITY: 3 seconds (maximum); 3 in. (maximum); no aming of facial tissue
FLUORIDE EXTRACTION: 70 ± 2°C for 168 hours, 150 ppm (maximum)
HUMIDITY RESISTANCE: Insulation Resistance, 5000 meghoms for 1000 ft. (minimum)
IDENTIFICATION AND COLOR STRIPING DURABILITY:
125 cycles (250 strokes) (minimum), 500 g weight
IMMERSION: Diameter increase 5% (maximum); no cracking, no dielectric breakdown
INSULATION ELONGATION AND TENSILE STRENGTH:
Primary Insulation, Filter Layer and Primary Jacket pulled together
Elongation, 50% (minimum)
Tensile Strength, 3000 lbf/in
2
(minimum)
INSULATION FLAWS:
Primary Insulation only,
Spark Test, 1.5 kV (rms) at 60 Hz
4.2 kV (rms) at 3 kHz
Impulse Dielectric Test, 6.0 kV (peak)
Finished Wire,
Spark Test, 3.0 kV (rms) at 60 Hz
5.7 kV (rms) at 3 kHz
Impulse Dielectric Test, 8.0 kV (peak)
INSULATION RESISTANCE: 5000 megohms for 1000 ft. (minimum)
INSULATION THICKNESS:
Primary Insulation, .002 in. (minimum);
Filter Layer, average .0025 in. (minimum);
Primary Jacket, .0035 in. (minimum)
LIFE CYCLE: 200 ± 3°C for 168 hours
LOW TEMPERATURE-COLD BEND: -65 ± 2°C for 4 hours
SHRINKAGE: 200 ± 3°C for 6 hours, 0.125 in. (maximum)
SMOKE: 200 ± 2°C, no visible smoke
SURFACE RESISTANCE: 500 meghoms-in. (minimum), initial and nal readings
THERMAL SHOCK RESISTANCE: 150 ± 3°C, .060 in. (maximum)
THERMAL STABILITY: 180 ± 3°C for 1250 hours
VOLTAGE WITHSTAND (Post Environmental): 1500 volts (rms), 60 Hz
WRAP TEST: 200 ± 3°C for 6 hours, no cracking
PART NUMBER:
The "*" in the part numbers in Tables I-III shall be replaced by a color code designator,
except that violet shall be light violet and designator shall be 7L.
1/ Example: AWG 20, light violet: 55FA0511-20-7L
AWG 20, light violet with blue stripe: 55FA0511-20-7L6
1/ See footer section on page 1
