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Conduit & Fittings — Carlon
®
PVC Elbows, Conduit & Fittings
Typical Properties of Conduit Raw Material Compound
THERMAL ASTM TEST TYPICAL VALUES
Co-effecient of Thermal Expansion-inch/
inch/° F (properties @ 73.4° F)
D696 3.38 x 10
-5
Heat Distortion ° F at 264 psi D648 160° F
Thermal Conductivity BTU (hr.) (ft.) (° F/in.) N/A 1.3
ELECTRICAL ASTM TEST TYPICAL VALUES
Dielectrical Strength volts/mil D149 1100
Dielectric Constant 60 CPS @ 30° C D150 4.00
Power Factor 60 CPS @ 30° C D150 1.93
MECHANICAL ASTM TEST TYPICAL VALUES
Specific Gravity D792 1.43 - 1.6
Tensile Strength (psi) @ 73.4° F D638 5,000-6,500
Izod Impact ft lbs./in. of notch D256 .65 - 1.5
Flexural Strength (psi) D790 12,500
Compressive Strength (psi) D695 9,000
Hardness (Durometer D) D2240 85
IMPEDANCE
(VOLTS LOST PER AMPERE PER 100 FEET)
3Ø90%
P.F.
80%
P.F.
1Ø90%
P.F.
80%
P.F.
Steel Conduit .0118 .0123 .0136 .0142
Schedule 40 .0105 .0106 .0121 .0122
Using 250 kcmil copper conductor. Comparable values for other conductor sizes.
Wire Fill
Maximum number of conductors in Schedule 40 PVC conduit
(Based on Table 1, Chapter 9 of the NEC
®
)
TYPE
LETTERS
CONDUCTOR
SIZE
AWG, KCMIL
TRADE SIZE
1
⁄2
3
⁄4 1 1
1
⁄4 1
1
⁄2 2 2
1
⁄2 3 3
1
⁄2 4 4
1
⁄4 5 6 8
THWN
THHN
FEP
(14 thru 2)
FEPB
(14 thru 8)
PFA
(14 thru
4/0)
PFAH
(14 thru
4/0)
Z
(14 thru
4/0)
XHHW
(4 thru
500)
XHHW
14 13 24 39 69 94 154
12 10 18 29 51 79 114 164
10 6 11 18 32 44 73 194 160
8 3 5 9 19 22 36 51 71 106 136
6 1 4 6 11 15 26 37 57 76 98 125 154
4 1 2 4 7 9 16 22 35 47 60 75 94 137 236
3 1 1 3 6 8 13 19 29 39 51 64 90 116 201
2 1 1 3 5 7 11 16 25 33 43 54 67 97 169
1 1 1 3 5 9 12 18 25 32 49 59 72 125
1/0 1 1 3 4 7 10 15 21 27 33 42 61 105
2/0 1 1 2 3 6 8 13 17 22 28 35 51 88
3/0 1 1 1 3 5 7 11 14 18 23 29 42 73
4/0 1 1 1 2 4 6 9 12 15 19 24 35 61
250 1 1 1 3 4 7 10 12 16 20 28 49
300 1 1 1 3 4 6 8 11 13 17 24 42
350 1 1 1 2 3 5 7 9 12 15 21 37
400 1 1 1 3 5 6 8 10 13 19 33
500 1 1 1 2 4 5 7 9 11 16 27
600 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 7 9 13 22
700 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 8 11 19
750 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 11 19
6 1 3 5 9 13 21 30 47 63 81 102 128 185 320
600 1 1 1 1 3 4 5 7 9 13 22
700 1 1 1 3 4 5 6 7 11 19
750 1 1 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 18
Weight Comparison
Carlon
®
Schedule 40 rigid non-metallic conduit compared
to other conduit in pounds per 100 feet (approx.)
NOM.
SIZE
CARLON
®
SCHEDULE 40
RIGID NON-
METALLIC
CONDUIT
CARLON
®
SCHEDULE 80
RIGID NON-
METALLIC
CONDUIT ALUMINUM
ELECTRICAL
METALLIC
TUBING
(EMT)
INTERMEDIATE
METAL
CONDUIT
(IMC)
RIGID
METAL
CONDUIT
(RMC)
1
⁄2 18 22 27 30 57 79
3
⁄4 23 29 36 46 78 105
1 35 43 53 66 112 153
1
1
⁄4 48 60 70 96 114 201
1
1
⁄2 57 72 86 112 176 246
2 76 100 116 142 230 334
2
1
⁄2 125 153 183 230 393 527
3 164 212 239 270 483 690
3
1
⁄2 198 288 350 561 831
4 234 310 340 400 625 982
5 317 431 465 Not Made Not Made 1344
6 412 592 612 Not Made Not Made 1770
Maximum number of conductors in Schedule 80 PVC conduit
(Based on Table 1, Chapter 9 of the NEC
®
)
CONDUCTOR
SIZE
AWG, KCMIL
TRADE SIZE
1
⁄2
3
⁄4 1 1
1
⁄4 1
1
⁄2 2 2
1
⁄2 3 4 5
#14 THW 4 8 13 24 34 57 82 128
THHN 10 19 33 58 81 135 194 0
12 THW 3 6 11 20 28 47 67 105 183
THHN 8 14 24 43 60 100 144 0
10 THW 3 5 9 16 22 37 54 85 148
THHN 5 9 15 27 38 64 92 143
8 THW 1 2 4 8 11 19 28 44 77 121
THHN 1 4 7 13 18 31 45 70 123 195
6 THW 1 1 3 6 8 14 20 32 56 88
THHN 1 3 5 9 13 22 32 50 88 140
4 THW 0 1 2 4 6 10 15 24 42 66
THHN 1 1 3 6 8 13 20 31 54 86
3 THW 0 1 1 4 5 9 13 20 36 57
THHN 1 1 2 5 7 11 17 26 46 73
2 THW 0 1 1 3 4 8 11 17 31 49
THHN 1 1 1 4 5 9 14 22 38 61
1 THW 0 1 1 1 3 5 8 13 22 35
THHN 0 1 1 3 4 7 10 16 28 45
0 THW 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 11 19 30
THHN 0 1 1 2 3 6 8 13 24 38
00 THW 0 0 1 1 1 4 6 9 16 26
THHN 0 1 1 1 3 5 7 11 20 32
000 THW 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 8 14 22
THHN 0 0 1 1 2 4 6 9 16 26
0000 THW 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 6 11 18
THHN 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 8 14 22
250 THW 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 9 14
THHN 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 6 11 18
300 THW 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 8 13
THHN 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 9 15
350 THW 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 7 11
THHN 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 8 13
400 THW 0 0 0 0 1 1
1 3 6 10
THHN 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 4 7 12
500 THW 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 8
THHN 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 6 10
600 THW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 7
THHN 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 5 8
700 THW 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 6
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