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6. TESTS ......................................................................................................................................................... 11
6.1 Strand Coating ............................................................................................................................................ 11
6.2 Solderability ................................................................................................................................................. 11
6.3 Mechanical Properties ................................................................................................................................. 12
6.4 Long-Term Heat Aging Test (1500 Hours at the Temperature Class Rating) ............................................ 12
6.5 Dielectric ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.6 Insulation Faults .......................................................................................................................................... 13
6.7 Cold Bend ................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.8 Resistance to Flame Propagation ............................................................................................................... 13
6.9 Fluid Compatibility ....................................................................................................................................... 14
6.10 Resistance to Ozone ................................................................................................................................... 15
6.11 Resistance to Pinch .................................................................................................................................... 15
6.12 Resistance to Sandpaper Abrasion ............................................................................................................ 16
6.13 Cross-Linking .............................................................................................................................................. 18
6.14 Strip Force ................................................................................................................................................... 18
6.15 Resistance to Hot Water ............................................................................................................................. 19
6.16 Insulation Volume Resistivity ...................................................................................................................... 20
6.17 Temperature and Humidity Cycling ............................................................................................................. 20
7. REFERENCE INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 21
7.1 Color Code .................................................................................................................................................. 21
7.1.1 Recommended Colors ................................................................................................................................ 21
7.1.2 Stripes ......................................................................................................................................................... 21
8. NOTES ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
8.1 Revision Indicator ........................................................................................................................................ 21
APPENDIX A FOR INFORMATION ONLY CONDUCTOR AREA METRIC UNITS ......................................................... 22
APPENDIX B RECOMMENDED COLORS ....................................................................................................................... 23
Figure 1 Voltage test setup ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Figure 2 Apparatus for flame resistance test ............................................................................................................ 14
Figure 3 Apparatus for resistance to pinch test ......................................................................................................... 16
Figure 4 Apparatus for resistance to sandpaper abrasion test ................................................................................. 17
Figure 5 Apparatus for resistance to hot water test .................................................................................................. 19
Figure 6 Procedure for temperature and humidity cycling test ................................................................................. 21
Table 1A Cable types - legacy SAE cable types .......................................................................................................... 7
Table 1B Cable types - SAE cable types ..................................................................................................................... 8
Table 2 General specifications ................................................................................................................................... 9
Table 3 Conductors .................................................................................................................................................. 10
Table 4 Outside cable diameter and wall thickness ................................................................................................. 11
Table 5 Winding test conditions ............................................................................................................................... 11
Table 6 Mechanical properties and temperature and humidity cycling, test conditions .......................................... 12
Table 7 Fluid compatibility ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Table 8 Minimum resistance to pinch ...................................................................................................................... 16
Table 9 Resistance to sandpaper abrasion, additional mass .................................................................................. 17
Table 10 Resistance to sandpaper abrasion ............................................................................................................. 18