Building Wire

Building Wire

It's well known that the more advanced a job is, the more advanced equipment is required, and this includes wire and cable. Our team has been providing building wire since the beginning, and although wire has continuously changed throughout the years, because of our veteran sales force, we've been able to help supply and provide technical advice for many of these difficult applications.

   

Building Wire Breakdown:

Building Wire is a very useful and versatile set of products that can serve a broad range of industries including:

  • Hydro utilities
  • HVAC systems
  • Lighting systems
  • Wiring machine tools
  • Conduits & raceways
  • General Purpose wiring 

    

Building wire is used throughout the world in the construction of all kinds of buildings, from residential and commercial, even to massive industrial plants. Playing an essential role in the transferring of power from an external source, building wire and its placement should be a critical consideration when constructing a colossal piece of infrastructure. 


Building wire as a whole is an extremely popular category around the world being used in the construction of commercial institutions, industrial manufacturing, and residential properties. Conducting electrical power to unbelievable heights, Sycor specializes in providing building wires that are created and assembled to the NEC requirements, which designates what wires are approved for installation within building conduits and high-traffic areas. Building wire has a variety of interchangeable characteristics, such as the choice between aluminum or copper conductors, stranded or solid conductors, and choice of colour, which makes each cable no matter what the application quick and easy to identify.

   

Different Types of Building Wire:

Product

Voltage

Temperature

RW90

600V

90°C

RW90

1000V

90°C

RWU90

1000V

90°C

UL TFFN

600V

90°C

UL XHHW

600V

90°C

T90

600V

90°C

TW75

600V

75°C

    

Traditionally buildings before the 1980s and 1990s used aluminum wire over the traditional copper. This was due to the rising price of copper in the 1960s and 1970s. This trend was quickly abolished and shifted to 100% copper for a few reasons. 

1) Aluminum is much cheaper than copper but has worse heat conductivity and electrical conductivity. 

2) When appliances and applications began requiring more considerable amounts of electrical power, the aluminum building wire would begin to short circuit, either browning out or shutting off completely. Being a horrible heat conductor also became a fire hazard, as many homes and commercial institutions began to catch fire, specifically from using aluminum conductors. This led to the 1965-1974 ban. This change revolutionized the building wire category as almost all infrastructure at this time was installed with aluminum wiring. The building wire category as a whole has undergone numerous changes over the years, consistently adapting to the current market demands. 

    

Top 10 tallest Buildings in the World:

 

Building Location

Height of Building

Image of Building

1.

Burj Khalifa 

United Arab Emirates

828

Meters

2.

 Shanghai Tower 

China

632

Meters

3. 

Abraj Al-Bait Clock Tower

 Saudi Arabia

601

Meters

4.

Ping An Finance Center

China

599

Meters

5. 

Goldin Finance 117

China

(Presumed final height)

597

Meters

6.

Lotte World Tower

South Korea

554.5

Meters

7.

CN Tower

Canada

553

Meters

8.

World Trade Center

U.S

541.3

Meters

9.

Guangzhou CTF Finance Center

China

530

Meters

10.

Tianjin CTF Finance Center

China

530

 

What's your favourite superstructure?

   

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