Wire and Cable Accessories Reference Materials
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How to Choose the Right Flexible Metal Conduit Connector for Your Application
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: So, how do you choose the correct connector for your job? It starts by asking the right questions about your application—and knowing what’s at stake if you get it wrong. ...
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How to Install Electrical Conduit Faster & More Efficiently
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: When it comes to electrical conduit installation, labor is often the most significant cost—and the hardest to predict. The key to controlling it? Smarter planning, better material choices and ...
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Installing Flexible Conduit: NEC Code Requirements You Need to Know
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Electrical failures, increased fire risks, compromised system integrity—so much can go wrong when you don’t install flexible conduit correctly. ...
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Benefits and Best Uses of Liquidtight Conduit
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: What do you do when your electrical wiring is at risk of exposure to moisture, the elements, or in applications with complex bends and routing? The best answer to avoid hazards and resist corrosion is ...
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LFMC Installation Tips You Need to Know
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Liquidtight Flexible Metal Conduit (LFMC) is a vital component in various electrical installations, offering a versatile and durable solution for protecting wiring systems. Harker offers the following ...
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4 Types of Flexible Wire Conduits and Their Uses
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Flexible conduits are essential components in electrical installations, providing versatile solutions for protecting electrical wires from physical damage, moisture and other environmental hazards. ...
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Flexible Conduit: Tips on Construction and Material Choices
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Flexible conduits are essential components in many electrical systems, offering protection and flexibility in various environments. However, electricians, contractors and installers often struggle to ...
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Harsh Environments: Define Your Space, Then Choose Your Cable
From: Belden Inc.Description: Discover the three steps you need to take to choose the proper cabling for your harsh environment. ...
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Plenum Cables You Can Install Outdoors
From: Belden Inc.Description: Stadium design complexity is making it harder to plan for all the cables you need on a project. Find out how our Indoor/Outdoor Plenum Broadcast Cables can help. ...
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Six Important Hand Tools for Automotive Wiring
From: Waytek, Inc.Description: If your work involves automotive wiring, you know how important tools are for getting the job done efficiently and safely. The right tools can make all the difference in the quality of your finished ...
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Save Patch Panel Space with Micro BNCs
From: Belden Inc.Description: As emerging technology is being integrated into live production environments—includi ng augmented and virtual reality, OTT streaming and the migration to IP—more cabling infrastructure is ...
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Electrical Conduit for Food and Beverage Applications
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Discover the benefits of Food Grade Liquatite and its latest enhancements, including its new food processing blue color, a wide working temperature range, antimicrobial jacketing, and additional wear ...
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Cable Covers for All Your Holiday Decorations
From: CheckersDescription: Part of the reason people seem to enjoy the holidays so much is because of all the wonderful decorations. Candy canes line the driveways, luminous deer can be seen grazing in the front yard, there's ...
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How to Select Appropriate O-ring
Description: In the market, there are three kinds of typical material for o-ring: NBR, VMQ(SILICONE), FKM. ...
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Focus on Installation Quality of Cable Accessories Improves Reliability
From: Ensto USADescription: More than two-thirds of interruptions in medium voltage cable lines are related to installation of accessories. The growing problem has activated many distribution network operators to undertake or ...
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3 Considerations You Should Think About When Selecting Cord Grips
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: When selecting a cord grip, you'll need to consider the material you need (stainless steel, polyamide, nickel-plated brass, etc.), size, installation design (multi-cable panel mounting, click ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Cord Grips
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: Cord grips (which are also known as cable glands, connectors, strain relief, or fittings) are devices that attach and secure heavy-duty cables to equipment. They can seal around single or multiple ...
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LAPP SKINTOP® Comparison Chart
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: With all of the possible SKINTOP® choices, it can be difficult determining which solution may be best for your application. We created a chart with the most basic SKINTOP® information, so ...
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Electrical Conduit Corrosion
Description: When maintaining or designing electrical systems, one must consider the possibility that corrosion will occur and cause irreparable damage to the electrical equipment. Electrical devices are sometimes ...
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PVC-Free Conduit Jackets Limit Combustion Products
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Analysis on the benefits of low-smoke, halogen-free (LSZH) conduits, applications and conduit offerings. ...
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Specifying Flexible Conduit with Extreme Temperatures in Mind
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Selecting and specifying in flexible electrical conduits for high and low temperature applications. ...
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How Technology can Help Manufacturing to Become Sustainable
From: Essentra ComponentsDescription: Proper management of your cables in active and static environments is essential. Cable failures or malfunctions are often the cause of machine downtime, which can have a direct effect on productivity ...
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Shielded Conduit Protects Against RFI/EMI - Three Kinds of Shielding Provide Maximum Choice
From: Electri-Flex CompanyDescription: Many applications require shielding effectiveness from RFI and EMI interference. ...
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What is a Strain Relief?
From: bisco industriesDescription: Strain reliefs or strain relief bushings, like their moniker suggests, offer support and relieve strain to areas of cables that are prone to cracking or breaking due to frequent movement. ...
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Sunlight Resistance or UV Resistance
From: Anamet Electrical, Inc.Description: The sun emits visible and non-visible radiation. One component of non-visible radiation is ultraviolet (UV) light. Like many other substances, PVC plastics are affected by exposure to UV radiation. ...
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What is Strain Relief?
From: bisco industriesDescription: Strain reliefs or strain relief bushings, like their moniker suggests, offer support and relieve strain to areas of cables that are prone to cracking or breaking due to frequent movement. Effective ...
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3 Ways to Manage & Protect Cables
From: bisco industriesDescription: Wiring is a necessary evil of electronic devices. Think about that space behind (or under) your desk. If you're anything like me there's a tangled mess of wires waiting for you the next time you ...
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What is Wiring Duct?
From: bisco industriesDescription: Wiring ducts are plastic or metal troughs used to organize and protect wire and cable. Wiring ducts are designed with the purpose of easily allowing the organization, pulling, and separation of cables ...
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Chemical Resistance Chart
From: Anamet Electrical, Inc.Description: The listed chemicals have been tested with results noted below. ...
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FAQ Tech Support
From: Anamet Electrical, Inc.Description: A list of common tech support questions. ...
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Food Grade White Paper
From: Anamet Electrical, Inc.Description: A Primer to the proper application of flexible conduit in Food Grade Applications. ...
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Packaging and Cutting Instructions
From: Anamet Electrical, Inc.Description: Standard coils of Anaconda SEALTITE are packaged in handy, strong, corrugated cartons. ...
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Plenum Environment
From: Anamet Electrical, Inc.Description: 2014 NEC Article 300.22 Wiring in Ducts Not Used for Air Handling, Fabricated Ducts for Environmental Air, and Other Spaces for Environmental Air (Plenums). ...
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WP #159: How Overhead Cabling Saves Energy in Data Centers
From: Schneider Electric ITDescription: Placing data center power and data cables in overhead cable trays instead of under raised floors can result in an energy savings of 24%. Raised floors filled with cabling and other obstructions make ...
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Cable Management Systems Do the Robot
From: igus® inc.Description: Multi-axis, three-dimensional cable carriers for palletizing Cable management is a crucial part of any robotic system, but the truth is that the methods used to attach and guide cables has not changed ...
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Cable Glands for Full EMI Protection
From: LAPPDescription: Winning the war against electromagnetic interference (EMI) on today's factory floors requires attention to detail. One of those details involves the ability of cable glands to contribute to a reliable ...
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WP #159: How Overhead Cabling Saves Energy in Data Centers
Description: Placing data center power and data cables in overhead cable trays instead of under raised floors can result in an energy savings of 24%. Raised floors filled with cabling and other obstructions make ...
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Standard and Split Wire Gauge Decimal Conversion Table
From: Pivot Point, Inc.Description: Standard and Split Wire Gauge Decimal Conversion Table ...