Nylon-Jacketed Cable vs. PVC: The “Flexible Armor”
Cable jackets are often overlooked, assumed to be “just PVC.” Yet standard PVC wires easily scrape or tear in conduits. To solve this, North American THHN/THWN-2 wire adds an ultra-thin (0.1–0.3 mm) nylon jacket over PVC insulation, drastically improving mechanical and chemical resistance. What is a nylon-jacketed cable? Strictly speaking, “nylon cable” does not mean […]