Armored Cable; Health Care Type; MC HCF Interlocked; 12-3 AWG; 3 Conductor

OVERVIEW

• Branch-circuit wiring for general purpose, non-essential electrical systems in patient care areas of hospitals, medical and other heath care facilities. Such areas include nursing homes, dental offices, and outpatient facilites.

• Use in hazardous anesthetizing areas and essential electrical system circuits are prohibited, except where permitted per 2008 NEC® 517.30(C)(3)(3).

• Applications requiring redundant, dedicated or isolated grounding paths.

• Environmental air-handling spaces per NEC® 300.22(C); Dry locations; fished or embedded in plaster.

• Places of Assembly per NEC® 518.4 and theaters per NEC® 520.5.

• Installation in cable tray and approved raceways.

• Under raised floors for information technology equipment conductors and cables per NEC® 645.5(D) and 645.5(D)(2).

• Multiple neutral and multi-circuit cables totaling more than 4 current-carrying conductors are now possible.