{"id":316,"date":"2023-04-22T04:21:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T09:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/?p=316"},"modified":"2023-11-07T14:36:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T19:36:18","slug":"ul-lu-cable-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/articles\/ul-lu-cable-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Hour Fire-Rated UL vs LU Cable Comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Both of RATH\u2019s 2 Hour Fire-Rated cables meet NFPA-2016 code requirements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Will your local AHJ only accept an Underwriters Laboratory listing (UL)? Or will they accept cable that meets the European Standard (LU)?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

UL (Underwriters Lab)
2 Hour Fire-Rated Cable<\/strong><\/td>		<\/td>LU (London Underground)
2 Hour Fire-Rated Cable<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Some AHJ\u2019s require all wire to be UL
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Requires no special tools or training for installation
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Operating temperature 1,850\u00b0 F
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Dual Rated CI\/CIC
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>New York City Approved
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>California State Fire Marshal Approved<\/td>		\"RATH\u00ae<\/td>\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>NFPA 72 approved by many jurisdictions
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Lower price than UL cable
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Operating temperature 1,742\u00b0 F
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>High speed data transfer approaching Cat 5E
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>London Underground (LU) approved
\u00b7\u00a0<\/strong>Available in 2 & 4 Pair<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"NFPA\u00ae
NFPA-2016<\/strong>
24.3.13.9.1 <\/strong>Area of Refuge emergency communications systems shall have a pathway survivability of Level 2 or Level 3.
(Level 1 is permitted where the building is less than 2-hour fire rated construction)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.4.3<\/strong> Pathway Survivability Level 2 Shall consist of one or more of the following: (1) 2-hour fire rated circuit integrity (CI) or fire-resistive cable. (2) 2-hour fire-rated cable system (electrical circuit protective systems) (3) 2-hour fire-rated enclosure or protected area (4) performance alternatives approved by the authority having jurisdiction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.4.4 <\/strong>Pathway Survivability Level 3: shall consist of pathways in buildings that are fully protected by an automatic sprinkler system in accordance with NFPA13 and one or more of the following. (1) 2-hour fire rated circuit integrity (CI) or fire-resistive cable. (2) 2-hour fire-rated cable system (electrical circuit protective systems) (3) 2-hour fire-rated enclosure or protected area (4) performance alternatives approved by the authority having jurisdiction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Both of RATH\u2019s 2 Hour Fire-Rated cables meet NFPA-2016 code requirements Will your local AHJ only accept an Underwriters Laboratory listing (UL)? Or will they accept cable that meets the European Standard (LU)? UL (Underwriters Lab)2 Hour Fire-Rated Cable LU (London Underground)2 Hour Fire-Rated Cable \u00b7\u00a0Some AHJ\u2019s require all wire to be UL \u00b7\u00a0Requires no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4853,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"product_cat":[177],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7534,"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions\/7534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.avire-global.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}