EXRAD® 180B BC AWG Fluid Blocking Engine/Transmission Wire
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Product features:
- Engines and Transmissions
- Bare Copper
- Fluid Blocked / Anti-Capillary
EXRAD® 180B is a high performance fluid blocking / anti-capillary wire built to handle the high temperature fluid environments in engines and transmissions. It is an irradiation cross-linked fluoropolymer with very impressive properties. EXRAD 180B is extremely fluid resistant even at temperatures up to 150°C. It is an excellent, cost effective replacement for TFE, FEP or Tefzel insulated wire.
EXRAD is rated at 180°C, but it survives temperatures to 270°C and higher for short periods of time. It is safer in overload conditions, because it will not melt. EXRAD 180B has a custom-engineered silicone blocked bare copper conductor to prevent moisture and fluids from wicking through the wiring system.
Given today’s longer warranties, you need a wire that will last longer than ever before, meeting 10,000 hour heat age tests. EXRAD has a life expectancy over 12,000 hours at 160°C and 24,000 hours at 150°C.
EXRAD 180B is an anti-capillary automotive wire ideally suited in applications where heat protection, high temperature fluid resistance, fluid blocking, long life and less expensive wiring harness are required.
- High Temperature Rating: 180°C
- Low Temperature Rating: -55°C
- Voltage Rating: 60V
- Flame Resistance: VW-1
- Oil Temperature Rating: 130°C
- Ultraviolet Resistance: Yes
- Radiation Resistance: NA
- Flexibility Rating: 3
- Fluid Resistance Rating: 5
- Cut-Through Resistance Rating: 5
Specifications
| Product
Number |
Standard
Conductors Bare Copper |
Nom.
Conductor Diameter in. mm. |
Nom.
Insulation Thickness in. mm. |
Nom.
Finished OD in. mm. |
Nom. Finished
Weight (lbs/mft) |
Ampacity
At 40°C in Free Air |
| EXRAD-XBT-24XX | 24 (7/32) | .024 .61 | .016 .41 | .054 1.37 | 2.91 | 6 |
| EXRAD-XBT-22XX | 22 (7/30) | .031 .79 | .016 .41 | .063 1.60 | 3.96 | 11 |
| EXRAD-XBT-20XX | 20 (7/28) | .038 .97 | .016 .41 | .070 1.78 | 5.58 | 15 |
| EXRAD-XBT-18XX | 18 (19/30) | .049 1.19 | .016 .41 | .081 1.98 | 7.34 | 21 |
| EXRAD-XBT-16XX | 16 (19/29) | .057 1.45 | .016 .41 | .089 2.26 | 10.25 | 28 |
| Property / Attribute | SAE J-1128 TXL Requirement |
EXRAD 180B 18 AWG Typical Performance |
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| Flex Life | ||||
| Flex Test | Per Modified ISO 14572 | NA | NA | |
| Dielectric Strength | ||||
| Dielectric Test | Wet Dielectric after 5 hour soak | 1 kV 1 min. | 5 kV 30 min. | |
| Flame Resistance | ||||
| Flame Test | Maximum time after burn | 70 Sec | 1 sec | |
| Thermal Performance | ||||
| Cold Bend | 4 hours at temperature no cracks / breakdown | -400C | -550C | |
| Temperature Rating | 240 Hours @2130C heat aging | 1550C | 2130C | |
| Temperature Rating | 3000 Hours @1800C | 1250C | 1800C | |
| Mechanical Properties | ||||
| Tensile | Minimum psi | 1500 | 3800 | |
| Elongation | Minimum % | 150 | 320 | |
| Abrasion | Sand Paper Resistance Length in. | 10 | 31 | |
| Abrasion | Scrape Cycles | None | 1400 | |
| Pinch | Pounds | None | 26 | |
| Hydrolysis Resistance | ||||
| Hydrolysis Resistance | 168 Hours @ 75°C salt water immersion and 48 volts DC, no cracks, no dielectric failure | Pass | Pass | |
| Ozone Resistance | ||||
| Ozone Test | 192 Hours @ 650C 100 pphm no cracks | Pass | Pass | |
| Fluids | ||||
| Engine Oil | ASTM D471, IRM-902 | 50 +/-3 0C | 15% Max. | 0% |
| Gasoline | ASTM D471 Ref. Fuel C | 23 +/-5 0C | 15% Max. | 0% |
| Brake Fluid | SAE-J-1703 | 50 +/-5 0C | None | 0% |
| Ethanol | 85% Ethanol + 15% ASTM D471, Ref. Fuel C | 23 +/-5 0C | 15% Max. | 0% |
| Diesel Fuel | ASTM D471, 90% IRM-903 + 10% p-xylene | 23 +/-5 0C | None | 0% |
| Power Steering | ASTM D471, IRM-903 | 50 +/-3 0C | 30% Max. | 0% |
| Auto Transmission | Citgo #33123 SAE-J311 | 50 +/-3 0C | 25% Max. | <2% |
| Methanol | 23 +/- 5°C | 15% Max. | 0% | |
| Engine Coolant | 50% Ethylene Glycol + 50% distilled Water | 50 +/-3 0C | 15% Max. | 0% |
| Battery Acid | H2SO4 Specific Gravity = 1.260 +/- .005 | 23 +/-50C | 5% Max. | 0% |