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How to identify tray cable

Tray cable announces itself in the print, but it is easily confused with control cable and MC. Three details separate them.

Find the listing

TC or TC-ER appears in the legend, often with the voltage class and the conductor count. TC-ER adds an exposed-run rating, which widens where the cable can be installed.

Count the conductors

Tray cable carries two to thirty-seven conductors under one jacket. Control cable looks similar but is usually rated and listed differently, and instrument tray is built in pairs.

Check for armour

MC has an interlocking metal armour; tray cable has a jacket. If you can see aluminium strip, it is metal-clad, not tray cable.

Note the voltage class

600 V and 2 kV tray constructions are both common in Texas plants, and the class changes both the application and the price.

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Questions on this topic

Short answers to the details sellers ask about most.

Is TC-ER worth more than TC?
Usually somewhat, because the exposed-run rating broadens the installations it can serve.
Can tray cable be used in conduit?
It can, in many cases, but the listing and the local code govern. Identification is about what the cable is, not where it may go.
How is tray cable priced?
On construction, conductor count and size, voltage class, footage and condition — not on weight alone.
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Include the voltage class, conductor size, footage and the Texas city where the reels are stored.

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