PHILIPPINE

ELECTRICAL
CODE
What is the Philippine Electrical Code
▪ Based on 2017 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)
▪ The Philippine Electrical Code Part 1 2009 Edition was based on NEC 2005
▪ The Fire Code for the Safe Use of Electricity
▪ Minimum Electrical Safety Standard.
▪ PEC 1 – INSTALLLATION OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INSIDE THE BUILDING
▪ PEC 2 - INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OUTSIDE THE BUILDING

OBJECTIVES
Safe Use of Electricity
▪ To establish basic materials quality and electrical work standards for the safe use of
electricity for light, heat, power, communications, signaling and for other purposes.
What is the Philippine Electrical Code
▪ RA 7920 – is an act providing for more responsive and comprehensive
regulation for the practice, licensing and registration of electrical
engineer and electricians.

Government Authorities who implement PEC

1. Office of the Building Official

2. Office of the City Electrician (City Electrical Supervising Engineer)
3. Office of the Municipal Electrician (Municipal Electrical Supervising
Engineer)
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▪ This code is intended as a design specification or an
instruction manual for qualified persons. Electrical designs
must comply with the requirements of the Code to ensure
safety
▪ Energy management, maintenance, and power quality issues
aren’t within the scope of the Code.
▪ Consideration should be given for future expansion of
electrical systems but this is not a code requirement.
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▪ Scope
- PEC covers the electric conductors including optical fiber cable and installed within or on, to or from:

▪ Public and private buildings ▪ Dockyards

▪ Electrical generating plants ▪ Airfields

▪ Temporary and permanent substations ▪ Quarries and mines

▪ Industrial plants ▪ Mobile home, travel trailers and recreational

vehicles
▪ Transformer stations
▪ Offshore facilities
▪ Railway switchyards
▪ Other premises which requires electrical
▪ Yards, carnival, parking, etc. installation except to those which are done in:
▪ Aircraft
▪ watercraft ▪ Motor vehicles
▪ Railway rolling stocks
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▪ PERMITS AND INPECTION CERTIFICATES
- A permit is required before undertaking any electrical installation.

- An inspection is also required after which a certificate of final electrical inspection

(CFEI) is issued by the authority.
EXCEPTIONS
A permit is not required for;

▪ The installation of electrical portable equipment rated not more than 1,200 VA.

▪ Reconnection of disconnected service due to non-payment of electric bill or

change of occupants for a period of one year.
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▪ REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTRICAL PERMIT
a) An application form (DPWH form No. 77-001-E) shall be accomplished, signed and submitted by a
duly registered Professional Electrical Engineer. However, if the installation does not exceed 20
lighting and/or receptacle outlets or 4000 volt-amperes, 230 volts, the application may be prepared,
signed and submitted by a duly registered electrical engineer or master electrician.

b) The application shall include additionally, the name and signature and seal of the electrical
practitioner who will take charge of the installations as well as the signature of the owner or his
authorized representative.

c) Five (5) sets of plans and specifications bearing the signature and seal of the responsible
Professional Electrical Engineer shall be submitted together with the application. However, if the
installation does not exceed 20 lighting and or receptacle outlets or 4,000 VA, 230 V; five (5) sets of
sketches and bill of materials may be prepared signed and submitted by the responsible Registered
Electrical Engineer
or Master Electrician.

▪ According to P.D. 1096, no plans is required for building made of indigenous materials or which cost
is not more than P15,000.00.
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▪ ELECTRIC CIRCUITS IN BUILDING
- SERVICES
A building or other structure served shall be supplied by only one service.

EXCEPTIONS
1.For fire pump where a separate service is required.
2.For emergency electrical system where a separate service is required.
3.Multiple-Occupancy building
4.Capacity Requirements. Two or more services shall be permitted:
a. Where the capacity requirements are in excess of 2,000 amperes at a supply voltage of
600 volts or less; or
b. Where the load requirements of a single-phase installation are greater than the serving agency
normally supplies through one service; or
5.Building of Large Area ( 10,000 m2 or more Total Area ).
6.For different voltage characteristics, such as for different voltage, frequencies, or phases, or for
different uses, such as for different rate schedules.
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▪ THE OVERHEAD SERVICE-DROP
- This is the overhead service conductor from the last pole or other aerial support to and including the splices
if any, connecting the service entrance conductors at the building or other structure.
SIZE AND RATING:
a) General. Service drop shall have sufficient ampacity to carry the load without a temperature rise
detrimental to the covering or insulation of the conductors and shall have adequate mechanical strength.
b) Minimum Size. The conductors shall not be smaller than 8 mm2 copper, 14 mm2 aluminum or copper- clad
aluminum.

▪ CLEARANCES:
a) Above Roofs. Conductors shall have a vertical clearance of not less than 2,500 m m from the roof surface.
b) Vertical Clearance from Ground.
3,100 m m - at the electric service entrance to buildings, or at the drip loop of the building
electric entrance, or above areas or sidewalks
3,700 m m - for those areas listed in the 4,600 m m classification when the voltage is limited to 600
volts to ground.
4,600 m m - over residential property and driveways, and those commercial areas not subject to
truck traffic.
5,500 m m - over public streets, alleys, roads, parking areas subject to truck traffic, driveways on other
than residential property, and other land transversed by vehicles such as cultivated, grazing, forest, and orchard.
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SERVICE ENTRANCE
- Service is defined as the portion of the supply which extends from the street main duct or transformer to
the service switch or switchboard of the building supply.
- it is the conductor and equipment for delivering energy from the electricity supply system to the wiring
system of the premises served.
TYPES:
1.Overhead Service Entrance
The most common type of service entrance employed by the power companies supplying electricity which
is either a 2, 3 or 4 - wire connection. Generally, the overhead service cable between the building property
line and the supply point is supplied by electric company to a limit of 30 meters.
2. The Underground Service Entrance
The underground service entrance consists of a raceway conduit extending from the building to the property
line where it is tapped to the main. The type of cable recommended is the underground service entrance
cable commonly referred to as USE.
SERVICE - ENTRANCE CONDUCTORS
- No. of Service-Entrance Conductor Sets
Each service drop or lateral shall supply only one set of service-entrance conductors.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.Buildings with more than one occupancy.
2. Where two to six service disconnecting means in a separate enclosures are grouped at one
location and supply separate loads from one service drop or lateral.
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SIZE AND RATING:
- Service entrance conductors shall be of sufficient size to carry the computed loads.
Ungrounded conductors shall not be smaller than:
1. 100 A - - - - For one family dwelling with six or more 2 -wire branch circuits.
2. 60 A - - - - For one family dwelling with an initial computed load of 10 kVA above.
3. 40 A - - - - For other loads.
EXCEPTIONS:
1.For loads consisting of not more than 2 - wire branch circuits, 5.5 mm2copper or 8.0 mm2 aluminum
or copper-clad aluminum.
2. By special permission, for loads limited by demand or by the source of supply, 5.5 mm2 copper or 8.0
mm2 aluminum or copper-clad aluminum.
3. For limited loads of single branch circuit, 3.5 mm2 copper or 5.5 mm2aluminum or copper-clad
aluminum.
INSTALLATION OF SERVICE CONDUCTORS
Service entrance conductors shall be installed in accordance with the applicable requirements of
this
Code covering the type of wiring method used and limited to the following methods:
1.Open-wiring on insulators
2. Rigid Metal Conduit (RMC)
3. Intermediate Metallic Tubing (IMT)
4. Electrical Metallic Tubing (EMT)
5. Service-Entrance Cables
6. Wireways
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7. Busways
8. Auxiliary gutters
9. Rigid Non-Metallic Conduit (RNMC)
10. Cable Bus
11. Mineral-Insulated Metal-Sheathed Cable
12. Type M C Cables

PROTECTION:
Service entrance conductors subjected to physical damage shall be protected in any
of the following
ways or methods:
1.By RMC
2. By IMC
3. By R NMC suitable for the location
4. By EMT
5. Type M C cable or other approved means

THE SERVICE EQUIPMENT-DISCONNECTING MEANS

GENERAL:
The service-disconnecting means shall be provided to disconnect all conductors in a
building or other structures from the service-entrance conductor.

NUMBER OF DISCONNECTING MEANS:

The service disconnecting means for each set or each subset of service entrance
conductor shall consist of not more than six switches or six circuit breakers
mounted in a single enclosure, or in a switchboard.
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LOCATION:
The service disconnecting means shall be installed either
inside or outside the building or other
structure at a readily accessible location nearest the point of
entrance of the service entrance conductor
RATING:
The service disconnecting means shall have a rating of not less
than the load to be carried. In no case shall the rating be lower
than specified through:

1. One circuit installation - - The service disconnecting means

shall have a rating of not less than 15 amperes.

2. Two circuit installation - - The service disconnecting means

shall have a rating of not less than 30 amperes.

3. One family dwelling - - The service disconnecting means

shall have a rating of:
60 A - - where the initial computed loads is 10
kVA or more
100 A - - where the initial installations consist of
six or more 2- wire branch circuit.

4. Others - - For all other installations, the service

disconnecting means shall have a rating of not less than 40
amperes.
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NOTES:
The service disconnecting means shall simultaneously disconnect all ungrounded conductors and shall be
capable of being closed on a fault equal to or greater than the maximum available short-circuit current.
Service entrance conductor shall have a short-circuit protective device in each ungrounded conductors.
Fuses shall have an Interrupting Rating no less than the maximum available short circuit current in the
circuit at their supply terminals.
Circuit breakers shall be free to open in case the circuit is closed on an overload. Circuit breakers shall
have an interrupting rating not less than the maximum available short-circuit current at its supply
terminals.
FEEDERS AND MAIN
Essential considerations being adapted or followed.
1. On large installation, one feeder is provided for each floor.
2.In small installations, one or two feeders is satisfactory.
3.Feeder for motor must be separate and independent from the light circuits.
4. Feeders requiring more than 50 mm diameter conduit should not be used.
5. Feeders should be subdivided if there are several bends or offsets because a 50 mm conduit is the
largest that could be economically used.
6. Feeders radiating from the distributing panel should be provided each with a properly rated switch and
circuit breaker.
7. Good practice dictates that feeders and main shall be installed inside a conduit pipe as it carries high
voltage that should be well protected.
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7 REQUIRED PARTS OF A STANDARD ELECTRICAL PLAN
A. GENERAL NOTES / SPECIFICATION
Specification written on electrical plan should indicate :
1.That the design is done in accordance with the P.E.C. and all electrical works shall comply with the provisions of all authorities having
juris- diction on the use of electrical power.
2. The nature of the service including voltage, phase and frequency.
3. The type of approved wiring to used in installing service entrance,
feeders, sub-feeders, branch circuit conductors, remote control system, fire protection, signal and communication system.
4. All other aspects and details that the designer and the owner would want to be done in the actual construction of the project.

EXAMPLE :
1.Works here under shall comply with the latest edition of the P.E.C, the national building code, municipal or city ordinances, office of
the municipal or city electrician, & Meralco.
2. Type of services shall be 230 volts, 1 phase, 2 wire system, 60 hertz and there shall be only one service drop to the building.
3. Method of wiring shall be EMT both exposed and embedded work with proper fitting and supports. In cases where concealed conduits
wiring is impracticable to use, metal moulding may be applied.
4. All materials and equipment shall be new and approved type for both location and purpose intended.
5. All lighting and convenience outlet circuit homeruns shall be wired with no less than 2 sq. m m and 3.5 sq. m m respectively, unless
otherwise indicated on the plan.
6. Lighting and power panel board shall be circuit breaker type surface or flushed mounted or as indicated on the plan; door shall be
provided with locked and milled key, a line circuit directory card and holder shall be provided in innerface or door.
7. Whenever required and necessary, full boxes and junction boxes of proper sizes shall be installed at convenient and inconspicuous
locations although such boxes are not shown on the plans nor mentioned in the specification.
8. All outdoor installation shall be weather proof type.
9. All electrical work shall be done under the direct and immediate supervision of a duly licensed Electrical Engineer
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B. LEGEND AND SYMBOLS
The legend or symbols shall show symbols or configurations and figures of devices and equipment
used. Standard Electrical symbols can be obtained from the appendix - a of the Philippine Electrical
Code.
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C. LOCATION PLAN
Location or site plan with proposed structures and owner’s land drawn to appropriate metric scale shall
show:
1.Bordering areas showing public or well known streets.
2. Location of service drop, service equipment and nearest pole of the utility company furnishing
electrical energy.
3. Clearance of the path or run of service drops and service structure wires to adjacent existing or
proposed structures.
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D. RISER DIAGRAM
The riser diagram consists of the schematic diagram of service entrance, feeders and branch
circuits. This indicates:
1.The number of branch circuits, the size of conductors, size of conduit and protection for each
branch circuit.
2. The sizes of feeders, its conduit and feeder’s protection.
3. The type of service, size of service entrance conductor, conduits and main protective device.
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E. TITLE BLOCK:
Title block or nameplate of plans and drawings shall be a standard
strip of 40 m m high at the bottom of
each sheet.
It shall contain the following:
1.Name and location of proposed installation, project, or watercraft;
2. Name, signature and address of owner/manager/operator;
3. Title of sheet and sheet number;
4. Scale used;
5. Name, signature and dry seal of professional electrical engineer
together with registration number,
Professional Tax Receipt (PTR) and Tax Identification Number (TIN);
6. Initial of draftsman; and
7. Date drawn or revised.
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F. ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND POWER LAYOUT
Electrical layout for each floor of the building
shall indicate the location of:
1.Location of lighting outlets.
2.Location of convenience outlets.
3.Location of switches with their corresponding
symbols.
4.Location of outlets for air conditioning units.
5.Location of telephone, intercom and master
antenna television outlets.
6.Location of service equipment and/or
disconnecting means.
7.Location of service kilo watt hour meter.
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G. SCHEDULE OF LOADS AND COMPUTATIONS:
Schedule of loads in tabulated form shall indicate:
A. MOTOR LOADS:
1.Motor as numbered or identified in power layout.
2.Type of motor
3.HP/kW/kVA rating
4.Voltage rating
5.Full load current rating
6.Frequency rating
7.Number of phases

B. LIGHTING AND POWER LOADS:

1.Panel as numbered in the riser diagram.
2.Circuit designation number.
3.Number and lightning outlets in each circuits.
4.Number of switches in each circuit.
5.Number of convenience outlet
6.Voltage circuit
7.Fuse rating or trip rating of circuit protective device.
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C. OTHER LOADS
1.Designation number on plan
2. Description loads
3. Classification of service duty
4. Rating in kilovolt ampere (KVA) or kilowatt (KW)
5. Phase loading indicating full load line current
6. Voltage rating

DESIGN COMPUTATION
Or design analysis where necessary shall be included on the drawings or may be submitted on separate sheets of uniform size paper, shall
allow :
1.Illumination design computations and tabulated lighting levels in lux critical areas in institutional, Industrial recreational & commercial
building.
2. Feed lines and protective devices of motors, electrical equipment and appliances indicating types and ratings.
3. Sizes of branch circuit wires, Feeders and busbars including protective devices.
4. Size and type of service entrance wires, race ways and equipment.
5. Setting / ratings of over current devices.

GROUNDING PROTECTION
A ground is an electrical connection which may either be intentional or accidental between an electric circuit or equipment and the earth, or to
some conducting body that serves in place of the earth. The purpose of grounding a circuit is to fix permanently a zero voltage point in the
system. The grounded line of a circuit should not be broken nor fused to maintain a solid and uninterrupted connection to the ground.
Grounding could be accomplished in the following manner:
1.Connection to a buried cold water main.
2. Connection to a rod or group of rods.
3. Connection to a buried ground plate.
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THE PANELBOARD
A panelboard is a single panel or group of panel units designed
for assembly in the form of a single
panel. This includes buses, automatic overcurrent protective
devices, and with or without switches for the control of light,
heat or power circuit. It is designed to be placed in a cabinet or
cutout box placed in
or against a wall or partition and accessible only from
the front.

Principles applied in installing panel board

1.The approach should be accessible and convenient.
2. The panelboard must be centrally located to shorten the
home wiring runs.
3. It must be installed near the load center. As in most cases,
panelboard is installed near the kitchen
and the laundry where heavy loads are expected.

MAIN- is the feeder interior wiring extending from service

switch, generator bus, or converter bus to the main distribution.
BRANCH CIRCUIT- is defined as the circuit conductors between
the final overcurrent device protecting
the circuit and the outlets. This means that the branch circuit is
only the wiring between the circuit overcurrent protection device
such as fuses or circuit breaker and the outlets. However, it is a
common knowledge and practice that the branch circuit
comprises the entire circuit including the outlet receptacles and
other wiring devices.
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PROTECTION OF THE BRANCH CIRCUIT
Any current in excess of the rated current capacity of the equipment or
the rated ampacity of the conductor is called overcurrent.
The causes of overcurrent are:
1.Overload in the equipment conductors.
2.Short circuit or ground fault
As per PEC requirement, conductors shall be protected against
overcurrent in accordance with their ampacities (Art. 4.5.1.3)
Ampacity - is the current-carrying capacity of an electric conductor.

THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND THE FUSE

A circuit breaker is an overcurrent protective device also designed to
function as a switch. It is equipped with an automatic tripping device to
protect the branch circuit from overload and ground fault.
A fuse is also an overcurrent protective device with a circuit opening
fusible element which opens when there is an overcurrent in the
circuit. It is considered as the simplest and the most common circuit
protective device used into the house wiring connection.
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WIRES AND CABLES

Wires are those electrical conductors which are 8 mm2

(AWG no. 8) or smaller, while cables are those larger than
the wires. They are either solid or stranded.

Stranded wire - consists of a group of wires twisted to form

metallic string. The total circular-mil area of a stranded
wire is found by multiplying the circular mil area of each
strand by the total number of strand. Cord is the term
given to an insulated stranded wire.

CIRCULAR MIL. This is the unit of cross section in the

American wire gauge. The term “mil” means one-
thousandth of an inch (0.001 in.). It is the area of a circular
wire having a diameter of one mil. To find the number of
circular mils in a circle of a given diameter, we have to
square the number of mils in the diameter.
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF CABLES

1. Armored Cable. This type of cable, the type AC is a fabricated assembly of

insulated conductors enclosed in flexible metal sheath. Armored cable is used in
both exposed and concealed work.
2. Metal Clad Cable. Cable of the type M C is a factory assembled cable of one or
more conductors, each individually insulated and enclosed in a metallic sheath of
interlocking tape, or a smooth or corrugated tube. This type is used specifically for
services, feeders, branch circuits, either exposed or concealed and for indoor or
outdoor work.
3. Mineral Insulated Cable. This type of cable, type MI, is a factory assembly of one
or more conductors insulated with a highly compressed refractory mineral
insulation and enclosed in liquid-tight and gas-tight continuous copper sheath.
The type MI is used in dry, wet or continuously moist location as service, feeders
or branch circuit.
4. Nonmetallic Sheathed Cable. Types N M and N M C are factory assembled two or
more insulated conductors having a moisture-resistant outer sheath, flame-
retardant and non-metallic material. These types are used specifically for one or
two dwelling not exceeding 3 storey buildings.
5. Shielded Nonmetallic Sheathed Cable. This type of cable, the type SNM, is a
factory assembly of two or more insulated conductors in an extruded core or
moisture-resistant and flame-retardant material, covered with an overlapping
spiral metal tape. This type is used in hazardous locations and in cable trays or in
raceways.
6. Service Entrance Cable. This is a single conductor or multiconductor assembly
provided with or without an over-all covering, primarily used for services and of
the types S E and USE.
7. Underground Feeder and Branch Circuit Cables. This type of cable, the type UF
cable is a moisture-resistant cable used for underground, including direct burial in
the ground, as feeder or branch circuit.
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8. Power and Control Tray Cable. Type TC cable is a factory assembly of
two or more insulated conductors with or without associated bare or
covered grounding under a metallic sheath. This is used for installation
in cable trays, raceways or where supported by a messenger wire.

9. FlatCable Assemblies. This is an assembly of parallel conductors

formed integrally with an insulating material web designed specifically
for field installation in metal surface raceway. Cables of this type are the
types FC.

10. Flat
Conductor Cable. This type of cable, type FCC consists of three or
more flat conductors placed edge to edge, separated and enclosed
within an insulating assembly. This used for general purpose, appliance
branch circuits and for individual branch circuits specifically on hard,
smooth, continuous floor surfaces, etc.

11. Medium Voltage Cables. MV cable is a single or multiconductor solid

dielectric insulated cable rated 2,001 volts or higher and is used for
power systems up to 35,000 volts. The MV cables are of different types
and characteristics.
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RACEWAYS
Raceways are channels designed for holding wires, cables or bus-
bars, which are either made of metal or insulating materials. The
common types of raceways in household wiring are the
a) conduits,
b) connectors, and
c) others.

a) Conduits
Conduits, pipes or tubings are the most common electrical raceway.
According to the type of materials used, conduit maybe classified as
either metallic such as steel pipes or nonmetallic such as PVC, and
the like. According to its make, conduits maybe classified as: rigid
metal, flexible metal, rigid nonmetal and flexible nonmetal.

b) Connectors
A connector is a metal sleeve usually made of copper that is
slipped over and secured to the butted ends
of conductors in making joint. A connector is also called a splicing
sleeve.
c) Other Raceways
Aside from the conduits and connectors there are still numerous
types and kinds of raceways, among
these are the a) conduit couplings, elbows and other fittings; b)
conduit supports, such as clamps, hangers,etc;
c) cable trays, cablebus; d) metal raceways; e) nonmetal raceways.
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OUTLETS, RECEPTACLES and other WIRING
DEVICES OUTLETS.
An outlet is a point in the wiring system at which
current is taken to supply utilization equipment. The
kinds of outlets are: convenience outlet or
attachment cap, lighting outlet, and
receptacle outlet.

A convenience outlet or attachment cap is a device

which by insertion in a receptacle, establishes
connection between the conductor of the flexible
cord and the conductors connected permanently to
the receptacle.

A lighting outlet is an outlet intended for direct

connection of a lampholder, a lighting fixture, or a
pendant cord terminating in a lampholder.
A receptacle outlet is an outlet where one or
more receptacles are installed.
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TYPES OF WIRES
A.TYPES T, TW, THW
The most ordinary type of plastic insulated wire is the “type T”. It may be used only in dry
locations.
Some manufactures no longer make the ordinary Type T, instead produce Type TW, which is
identical in appearance, but may be used in wet or dry locations. Also available is Type THW,
is similar to Type TW but withstand a greater degree of heat, and consequently has a higher
ampacity rating in the larger sizes.

B.TYPES THHN, THWN

These are comparatively new types of wire, consisting of the basic Type THH and THW but
with less thermoplastic insulation, and with a final extruded jacket of nylon.
Nylon has exceptional insulating qualities and great mechanical strength, all of which results in
a wire which is smaller in diameter than ordinary Types T, TW, TW of corresponding size.
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KINDS OF LOCATIONS
DAMP LOCATION
Partially protected locations under canopies, marquees, roofed open porches, and like locations, and
interior locations subjected to moderate degree of moisture, such as some basements, some barns, and
some cold-storage warehouses.

DRY LOCATION
A location not normally subject to dampness or wetness. A location classified as dry may be temporarily
subject to dampness or wetness, as in the case of a building under construction.

WET LOCATION
Installations underground or in concrete slabs or masonry in direct contact with the earth, and location
subject to saturation with water or other liquids, such as vehicle washing areas, and locations exposed
to weather and unprotected.

HAZARDOUS (CLASSIFIED) LOCATIONS

Locations where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to flammable gases or vapors, flammable
liquids, combustible dust, or ignitable fibers or flyings.