Description
Fire Alarm Cable for Your Fire Alarm Circuits Control and Power Systems
The Plenum (FPLP) Fire Alarm Cable features two 18 gauge-solid bare copper conductors, ensuring reliability in critical situations. Its low-smoke PVC jacket enables safe installation in environmental airflow spaces. With sequential footage markings on the jacket, monitoring the remaining cable length becomes effortless, streamlining the installation process.
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Fire Alarm System Applications
There are many uses for a fire alarm cable such as smoke alarms, smoke detectors, voice communications, microprocessor-controlled systems, pull boxes (fire alarm signals), burglar alarms, and other low-voltage applications. Fire alarm circuits control and power applications such as safety functions, elevator capture and shutdown, door release, and damper control.
Fire Alarm Products
We offer a variety of shielded and unshielded Plenum, Non-Plenum, and Riser fire alarm cables, including FPLP and FPLR, with solid bare copper conductors ranging from 18 AWG to 12 AWG. These fire cables are flexible for easy installation. With our commitment to quality and dependability, our cables are UL, ETL Listed, and RoHS Compliant. Plenum-rated fire cables can be run in the area between floors, such as duct areas or other air spaces. Plenum refers to the material used in the jacket of the cable, which burns less than non-plenum cables
Features
Features
- Low-smoke generating FT6 plenum-rated PVC jacket
- Sequential footage markings on jackets
- ETL listed
- RoHS Compliant
- Voltage rating: 300V
- Temperature rating: 75°C
- Made in USA
Applications
Applications
- Fire alarm wiring
- Fire protection
- Signals
- Monitoring and detection systems
- Audio circuits
- Notifications circuits
- Control circuits
- Initiating circuits
Conductor Insulation Colors
- Black
- Red
Specifications
Specifications
Physical Construction | |
|---|---|
| Inner Conductor | Solid Bare Copper |
| Conductor Size | 18 AWG |
| Insulation | Low Smoke PVC (0.010 in.) |
| Nominal OD | 3.63 mm (0.143 in.) |
| Outer Jacket Diameter | .381mm (0.015 in.) |
| Jacket | Low Smoke PVC |
| Jacket Color | Red |
| Shielding | N/A |
Electrical Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Temperature | 75℃ |
| Voltage Rating | 300 V |
| Color Mode | Black Red |
Additional Information
Additional Information
Plenum vs Riser in Cabling Design - Why Plenum?
A plenum space is an open area above the drop ceiling or below the floor that is used for air circulation in buildings. This could be a problem if there is ever a fire. Using non-plenum cables in a plenum space can spread fire and toxic smoke throughout a building. Plenum cable uses a flame-retardant jacket that is made of special plastics to prevent the release of harmful smoke. Plenum cable is mostly used in commercial applications such as schools and hospital buildings that house a large population of people. It also is required in most multi-floor business buildings with large plenum space areas.
1. Plenum-Rated Cable: PPlenum cables feature a superior fire rating and are constructed with a fire-retardant plastic jacket made of either low-smoke PVC or a fluorinated ethylene polymer (FEP).
2. Riser-Rated Cable: Riser-rated cables are utilized between floors, passing through cable risers or elevator shafts in non-plenum spaces. These cables are required to self-extinguish and prevent flames from traveling upward during a vertical burn test.
3. General Purpose Cable: General Purpose cables have no fire rating. These are not comparable to Riser or Plenum cable jackets because when General-Purpose cables burn they release smoke and toxins, as there are no fire safety aspects to these cables.
Cable Fire Ratings
There are a variety of characteristics to consider when purchasing cable for an installation, from the conductor gauge to the jacketing material. Cable jackets provide mechanical, fire, chemical, and installation protection to the important inner parts of the cable. The efficiency of their protection is dependent upon the materials the jacket is made of. There are several categories of jacketing materials, each with different fire ratings. Within these categories, various fire ratings exist. The two main, and highest-quality, jacket types are Plenum and Riser, but there are also General Application and Outdoor cable jackets.
NEC Articles National Electrical Code
- 800 Communications Circuits
- 725 Remote Control, Signaling, Power-Limited Circuits
- 760 Fire Alarm Systems
- 820 Community Antenna TV and Radio Distribution Systems
- 770 Circuits and Equipment Operating at Less Than 50 Volts
- 830 Network-Powered Broadband Communications Systems
Cable Fire Ratings - Terms to Know
- CMP: Plenum Communication Cables. CL3P: Class 3 Plenum, commonly used for Commercial purposes CL2P: Class 2 Plenum, commonly used for Residential purposes
- FPLP: Fire-Power Limited-Plenum, for use in Plenum Spaces
- CMR: Riser Communication Cables. CL3P: Class 3 Riser, commonly used for Commercial purposes CL2P: Class 2 Riser, commonly used for Residential purposes
- FPLR: Fire-Power Limited-Riser, for use in non-Plenum spaces
- CL/CM/CMG: Refers to the fire rating for general-purpose cable jackets. These jackets are not suitable for commercial applications and should not be used in Riser or Plenum spaces.
- FPL: Fire-Power Limited, for general applications.
- CMX: Outdoor Application Cables
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What's in the Box
What's in the Box
- Fire Alarm Cable, Plenum (FPLP), 18/2 AWG Solid Bare Copper Conductors, Red Jacket
- Qty - (1) 1000 Ft