UL 1569 105°C 300V PVC 30–2 AWG Internal Wire with Optional PVC Covering

UL 1569 105°C 300V PVC 30–2 AWG Internal Wire with Optional PVC Covering

This page covers UL AWM Style 1569 in its 105°C construction: a single conductor with extruded PVC insulation, rated 300 Vac with a Horizontal Flame designation, across a conductor range of 30 AWG–2 AWG in solid or stranded form, with an optional extruded PVC outer covering.

It is written for appliance and electronic equipment OEM engineering and procurement teams whose drawing, BOM or wire specification calls for Style 1569 at 105°C, particularly where the enquiry turns on the covering option or on a conductor size toward the heavier end of the range.

The official Use carries a mechanical condition that stays with the product throughout this page: internal wiring of appliances or electronic equipment where not subjected to movement or mechanical damage. The wire is for fixed, protected internal positions, and neither the stranded conductor option nor the optional covering changes that.

Confirmed UL Style 1569 Construction and Ratings

Nine points to clarify about the table above:

1. Style 1569 includes 80°C, 90°C and 105°C ratings. This page focuses on the 105°C construction, and the rating carried by a given wire is confirmed for the ordered construction.
2. The insulation wall requirement splits into two conductor-size groups, and values from one do not apply to the other.
3. Within each group, the minimum average and the minimum at any point are two independent requirements, not a range and not a nominal wall.
4. The PVC covering is optional and is supplied only where the ordered construction supports it and the buyer specifies it.
5. The covering’s own 9/8 mil values are separate requirements and are not added to the insulation wall to produce one figure.
6. The normal voltage rating is 300 Vac. The record gives no DC rating.
7. 600 Volts Peak for Electronic Use Only is a tag statement, not the normal working-voltage rating.
8. Conductor material, plating, strand count, strand diameter and lay length are not defined by the Style.
9. Finished OD, OD tolerance, conductor resistance, metric cross-section and ampacity are not defined by the Style, and the Style range is not a stock list.

Insulation Wall Requirements by Conductor Size

Style 1569 sets the extruded PVC wall in two groups. For 30 AWG through 10 AWG the requirement is 15 mils minimum average and 13 mils minimum at any point. For 9 AWG through 2 AWG it rises to 30 mils minimum average and 27 mils minimum at any point.

The step between the groups is substantial, and it is where specifications most often go wrong in both directions. Describing the whole Style as a 15 mil construction understates the requirement for every size from 9 AWG upward; applying the 30 mil figure to a 20 AWG requirement overstates it. The group that governs is the one containing the ordered size, and a specification covering several sizes across the boundary carries both sets of values rather than one.

Within each group the two values work together. The average wall must meet the first figure, and no single point of the wall may fall below the second, whatever the average reads. Both are minimums rather than targets: the record states no nominal wall and no manufacturing tolerance, so an actual construction may sit above these figures, and how far above belongs to that construction rather than to the Style.

Neither value produces a finished outer diameter. Actual OD depends on the conductor material and form, the actual conductor dimensions, the applicable insulation group, whether the optional covering is applied, the PVC extrusion and manufacturing tolerance. This page therefore publishes no AWG-to-diameter, conductor resistance or current table. Where grommet fit, terminal entry or routing clearance is controlled by the design, state a maximum finished OD and an OD tolerance in the RFQ so the proposed construction can be checked against the actual requirement.

Optional Extruded PVC Covering

UL Style 1569 may include an optional extruded PVC covering with 9 mils minimum average thickness and 8 mils minimum thickness at any point, where supported by the confirmed ordered construction.

Three points follow for procurement. The covering is optional, so a Style 1569 wire does not carry it unless it is specified; an enquiry that is silent will be quoted without it. Its two values are requirements for the covering layer alone, structured the same way as the insulation requirements, and they are never combined with the insulation figures into a single wall number. And they are minimums for that layer, not a nominal covering thickness.

The record assigns the covering no function. This page therefore claims none for it, whether abrasion resistance, mechanical protection, chemical or moisture barrier, flame behaviour, dielectric contribution or shielding of any kind. It is a construction element permitted by the Style, confirmed at order. In particular, the covering does not satisfy the mechanical condition in the official Use, which is discussed below.

Because the covering changes the finished build, an enquiry that requires it should also state any dimensional limit that follows from it.

105°C Focus Within the 80/90/105°C Style

Style 1569 includes 80°C, 90°C and 105°C ratings. This page focuses on the 105°C construction, and that focus does not narrow the Style: 80°C and 90°C constructions exist within it, and a listing that presents Style 1569 as a 105°C-only product omits part of the record.

The rating a given wire carries belongs to its qualified construction rather than to a configuration menu, so the applicable rating and the final marking must be confirmed for the specific RFQ. A buyer whose equipment specification controls a wire temperature rating should state 105°C explicitly, or supply the drawing that states it.

The rating is stated without a duty qualifier. This page does not describe it as continuous, and derives no service life, thermal cycling count or thermal margin from it. No rating above 105°C belongs to this Style.

Internal Wiring Use and the Mechanical Boundary

The official Use is “Internal wiring of appliances or electronic equipment where not subjected to movement or mechanical damage.” Three elements of that sentence matter when the Style is specified.

The Use covers appliances and electronic equipment. Dropping either term narrows the Style incorrectly.

The movement restriction stands. Style 1569 is not presented for repeated movement, continuous flexing, moving or hinged harnesses, drag chains, robotic motion, servo or continuous-flex cable use. A stranded conductor is a permitted construction within the Style, not an indication that the wire is intended for movement.

The mechanical-damage restriction also stands. The wire is not presented for exposed or unprotected routing, abrasive locations, or field-installed runs where mechanical damage may occur, and protection at the routing position is part of the equipment design rather than a property of the insulation or the optional covering.

Within those limits, the Use is internal wiring and is not extended here to building wire, field wiring, branch circuits, conduit or tray wiring, external wiring, portable cord, motor power cable, facility power distribution or outdoor wiring. The record likewise establishes no suitability for data, network, bus, sensor or signal transmission functions; where a design involves such requirements, the electrical, signal, mechanical and system aspects are reviewed separately and are not answered by the Style designation. Compliance of a finished appliance or assembly is established at the equipment level and is not conferred by the Style designation of one internal wire.

300 Vac and the Optional 600 Volts Peak Tag

The normal Style rating is 300 Vac. That is the figure that belongs in a specification, and Style 1569 is not described here as a 600 V wire.

Separately, where applicable, the tag may indicate 600 Volts Peak for Electronic Use Only. Both qualifiers stay attached whenever that statement is cited: it is a peak indication for electronic use rather than a working voltage, it does not replace or raise the 300 Vac rating, and it does not widen the official Use. Writing the Style as 300–600 V, 600 Vac or 600 V continuous misstates the record in each case, and the record gives no DC rating.

In an enquiry the two are kept distinct: the voltage requirement is stated against the 300 Vac rating, and any need for the peak tag statement is listed separately as a marking and construction question.

Conductor Range and Construction

The confirmed range is 30 AWG through 2 AWG, solid or stranded, spanning fine internal leads to conductors heavy enough to fall in the second insulation group. Both forms are permitted across the range, and the Style presets neither.

The Style states nothing further about the conductor. Material, plating, strand count, strand diameter, lay construction, conductor resistance and any metric cross-section are SKU-specific characteristics, confirmed by drawing or RFQ where the buyer controls them. No stranding class or flexibility grade is applied here, since the record contains none.

Conductor size assigns no circuit function or current capacity either. The record gives no ampacity, and none is inferred from conductor size, the temperature rating or the 300 Vac rating. Current-carrying capacity is evaluated through the buyer’s equipment design and the applicable approval process.

How to Specify UL 1569 in an RFQ

A Style designation is a construction requirement, not a complete purchase specification. A complete enquiry states:

• the UL AWM Style 1569 requirement
• the required conductor size within 30 AWG–2 AWG
• the required temperature rating
• solid or stranded construction
• conductor material or plating, if controlled by the drawing
• insulation colour
• whether the optional extruded PVC covering is required
• marking requirements
• the drawing or BOM
• documentation requirements
• quantity and packaging
• destination and Incoterm

UL Style data alone does not establish conductor material, strand count, finished OD, ampacity, current rating, conductor resistance, MOQ or lead time. Those are confirmed separately against the ordered construction, and applicable UL marking and product marking requirements are likewise confirmed according to the ordered construction.

Pricing and commercial terms depend on the confirmed conductor size, solid or stranded construction, temperature-rated construction, insulation colour, optional PVC covering, marking requirements, documentation, packaging, order quantity, destination and Incoterm. Final commercial terms are confirmed case by case after RFQ review.

Page Scope

This page addresses UL 1569 at 105°C and 300 Vac, in extruded PVC across 30 AWG–2 AWG, solid or stranded, with an optional extruded PVC covering. An enquiry that turns on the covering option, or on placing a conductor size correctly within the two insulation-wall groups, belongs here.

Broader questions about Style 1569 in general are better answered from the category and core product pages, which are linked below and cover different construction and buying requirements.

What Style 1569 Does and Does Not Define

Style 1569 defines:

• 80°C, 90°C and 105°C temperature ratings
• 300 Vac voltage rating
• Horizontal Flame
• conductor range 30 AWG–2 AWG, solid or stranded
• extruded PVC insulation: 15/13 mils for 30–10 AWG and 30/27 mils for 9–2 AWG
• an optional extruded PVC covering at 9 mil minimum average / 8 mil minimum at any point
• Marking: General
• Use: Internal wiring of appliances or electronic equipment where not subjected to movement or mechanical damage.
• the optional tag statement 600 Volts Peak for Electronic Use Only

Style 1569 does not universally define:

• conductor material, plating, strand count, strand diameter or lay length
• a nominal insulation wall or a manufacturing tolerance
• a function or performance for the optional covering
• finished OD, OD tolerance, bend radius, flex cycles or flex class
• conductor resistance, ampacity, current rating or metric cross-section
• a normal 600 V rating or any DC rating
• suitability for movement, flexing, data, network, bus or sensor functions
• compliance of any finished product under any certification scheme
• colour, reel length, MOQ, stock, lead time, production capacity or shipping term

Common Procurement Errors

• Describing Style 1569 as a 105°C-only Style, or treating the temperature class as a free configuration choice.
• Writing “105°C continuous”, or claiming a rating above 105°C.
• Applying the 15/13 mil values to 9–2 AWG, or the 30/27 mil values to finer sizes.
• Omitting the minimum-at-any-point value, or treating the minimum average as a nominal wall.
• Deriving a finished OD from the minimum wall values.
• Treating the optional PVC covering as included, or adding its thickness to the insulation wall.
• Assigning abrasion, chemical, moisture or shielding performance to the covering.
• Describing Style 1569 as a 600 V wire, or dropping “for Electronic Use Only” from the tag statement.
• Assuming the conductor is tinned copper, or claiming a stranding class or flexibility grade.
• Deriving ampacity from conductor size or the ratings.
• Reading a stranded conductor as permission for repeated movement.
• Presenting the wire for data, bus, network or sensor functions on the strength of the Style designation.
• Treating component Style recognition as finished-product compliance under any scheme.
• Substituting another Style because its ratings appear compatible.

RFQ Information to Confirm

Style and ratings

• UL AWM Style 1569 requirement
• Required temperature rating
• 300 Vac voltage rating requirement
• Required conductor size within 30 AWG–2 AWG
• Whether the optional peak tag statement is required

Conductor and construction

• Solid or stranded construction
• Conductor material and plating requirement, if controlled by the drawing
• Strand construction, if controlled
• Maximum conductor resistance, if controlled
• Whether the optional extruded PVC covering is required
• Maximum OD and OD tolerance, if controlled

Identification and application references

• Insulation colour
• Marking requirements
• Internal wiring location, and confirmation that it is not subjected to movement or mechanical damage
• Drawing, BOM or equipment specification

Commercial

• Quantity and packaging
• Destination and Incoterm
• Requested UL marking and compliance documents, including any RoHS / REACH documentation requirement

UL Marking and Documentation

Supplied wire is UL-recognized component wire where supplied under a qualified manufacturing scope, with UL marking according to the confirmed ordered construction. The Style record lists Marking as General, and applicable UL marking and product marking requirements should be confirmed according to the ordered construction.

Applicable RoHS / REACH documentation can be confirmed according to the ordered construction. CE, UKCA, CSA, FT1, VW-1, CPR, VDE, DIN, EN, IEC and dual UL/CSA designations are not claimed here unless separately documented for the specific ordered construction. Commercial, origin, compliance and transport documents are identified during quotation and confirmed according to the order.

Internal Links

• UL 1569 PVC Wire — category page for broad Style 1569 enquiries
• PVC Wire
• AWM Wire