RPVU90 Solar/Photovoltaic

RPVU90 cables offer exceptional performance, easy installation and long-term reliability for DC and AC connections. They link photovoltaic panels on rooftops or solar farms, and also connect them to the array box (if one exists), and to the inverter which transforms DC solar energy into usable AC electricity.

These cables have a wet and dry temperature rating of 90°C, marked -40ºC, are UV resistant, may be direct buried, and are certified as CSA type RPVU90. 

Application

Nexans RPVU90 cables may be installed indoors or outdoors, in raceways and conduits, both above and below ground, and may be direct buried. Direct buried installations must comply with CE Code Rules 12-012 and 4-004. They are 90ºC, 2 kV rated, and suitable for use in a photovoltaic system.

Type RPVU90 cables are for use on the DC and AC side of a photovoltaic system, suitable for installation in both wet and dry locations, and may be exposed to sunlight.

Nexans RPVU90 cables are RoHS Compliant.

Construction

Conductor: 

Aluminum: 

• sizes from #1/0 AWG to 1000 kcmil, stranded
• compact stranded AA-8000 series aluminum conductor material (ACM) per ASTM B801 Class B or ASTM B836

Copper: 

• sizes from #14 AWG to 1000 kcmil, solid or stranded
• bare, stranded annealed per ASTM B8 Class B compressed

Insulation:  EXELENE^® cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) insulation per CSA C22.2 No. 271.  Sunlight resistant as well as heat, moisture and abrasion resistant. 

Options:

• Class C Stranding (Copper only)

Specifications:

• Meets CSA C22.2 No. 271 Photovoltaic Cables
• Meets CSA 22.2 No. 38 Thermoset Insulated Wires and Cables
• CSA File Number: LL23462 Class 5721 02