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Posted By: Yoopersup 15 KV cable underwater feeder - 06/29/18 12:23 PM
110.40 90c terms /reference to tables for ampacity. MV Cables.

Cables going underwater ? No table for that!

Article 328 MV Cable uses permitted (#1 Wet Location??)

There are cables rated for underwater.

Seems like code needs to catch up.

Are 15 KV dead break elbows rated 105 c or 90c ( For rating of conductor Ampacity?)

Posted By: gfretwell Re: 15 KV cable underwater feeder - 06/29/18 08:45 PM
FPL ran a couple miles of this stuff under the Estero Bay.
As for ampacity it will certainly be as good as free air.
Water will actually take the heat away faster.

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