ITC and TC in cable tray
ITC and TC in cable tray
(OP)
Maybe I am reading to much into Article 727.5 for ITC. It says 'installation of type ITC cable with other cables shall be subject to the stated provisions of the specific other articles for the other cables. Where the governing articles do not contain stated provisions for installation with type ITC cable, the installation of type ITC cable with the other cables shall not be permitted'. It does not say under the article for TC that it can be ran with ITC so does this mean it's not allowed?
There is somewhat of a conflict in that article 392.20 says that multiconductor cable rated 600V or Less shall be permitted to be installed in the same cable tray. Article 392 is not a cable article, it is for cable tray.
Any input will be appreciated.
Thank you.
There is somewhat of a conflict in that article 392.20 says that multiconductor cable rated 600V or Less shall be permitted to be installed in the same cable tray. Article 392 is not a cable article, it is for cable tray.
Any input will be appreciated.
Thank you.





RE: ITC and TC in cable tray
TC = tray cable, could be any voltage above 120vac to 13k, who knows.
Most electrical best practices would say run the ITC cable in a separate tray so that you don't have electrical interference from the higher voltage interference.
Maybe that is what this article is pointing out to you.
The article is stating you can run both if below 600v but that is just allowing you to do something that would cause you headaches later when your ITC signals has some noise induced on the cable.
RE: ITC and TC in cable tray
With later revisions of the NEC, ITC can be used on circuits operating up to 150V rms and 5A. After further review, I believe these circuits are all remote control, signaling circuits and therefore require 600V insulation per article 725 (class I circuits, not power limited). This will exclude using ITC for these type signals, which encompass most of the circuits I wanted to use ITC on. I still would like to know if the two cable types can be ran together, in general.