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ELECTRIC ZONE VALVE ACTUATOR 
ZMC - DDC Series
Tunstall Corporation 
118 Exchange Street • Chicopee, MA 01013 
© July 2014 
We reserve the right to alter designs, specifications and information without notice. 
Phone (413) 594-8695 · Fax (413) 598-8109 
www.tunstall-inc.com • www.maconcontrols.com 
Bulletin-ZMC-DDC-0714 
Electric Operators 
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Calculation of maximum cable length (copper cable) for 24 
V rated voltage
  L = C x A / n 
  L  Cable length in m 
  K  Constant (269 m/mm²) 
  A  Conductor cross-section in mm² 
  n  Number of Alpha-Actuators 
We recommend the following cables for installing a 24 V 
system:
Telephone wire: J-Y(ST)Y  0.8 mm
2
Light plastic-sheathed cable: NYM  1.5 mm² 
Flat webbed building wire:  NYIF  1.5 mm²
Transformer: 
A safety isolating transformer according to EN 61558-2-6 
(Europe) must always be used. Transformer dimensioning 
results from the making capacity of the Macon ZMC-DDC.
Rule-of-thumb formula: 
 P
Transformer
 = 6 W x n 
  n = Number of Actuators 
5) Accessories 
•  Protection Cap AA SK 1004 
Protection against theft and vandalism available for valve 
drives with a stroke of 4mm or 5mm. 
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