What is the Importance Of Cable Glands For Outdoor Lamps?
The application of outdoor lighting can be seen everywhere in our life nowadays.
The old-fashioned way to connector wire such as wrap a few layers of insulating glue unable to meet the requirements of outdoor lamps.
You will know how importance of cable glands for outdoor lamps in the article.
Why need the cable glands for outdoor lamps?
The distance from the power supply to the lamp holder is generally large in outdoor lighting systems.
Connected the wires directly together are easily cause disconnection, and the
poor contact of the interface can easily cause heat.
Compared to indoor use, the requirements of waterproof salt, and aging willbe relatively high when lamps are used outdoors.
At this time, cable glands is particularly important.
Not only make the installation of the power grid more easily,
but also will reduced all hidden safety risks to a very low level.
What kinds of cable glands more suitable?
When you choose the cable gland for your outdoor lamps, noted to consider the IP rating.
The IP ratings are defined by the international standard EN 60529
The higher the IP rating is, the higher the light fitting’s resistance against both water and dust.
The cable glands which protection grade can reach IP68 will be a good choice for outdoor lighting equipment.
Moreover, you can use a junction box instead cable glands when you use more than one cable.
The cable glands produced by Jixiang Connector can reduce material costs and installation time, while being environmentally friendly and durable. Welcome to contact us for more details!
Brass cable glands
Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and occasionally other metals.
In general, Brass cable glands is plated with nickel to be reduce tarnishing and corrosion.
Stainless steel cable glands
While brass is a copper alloy, stainless steel is an iron alloy mixed with chromium and nickel.
There are many different grades of stainless steel used for making cable gland, such as 304 and 316.
This comparison of Brass cable glands and Stainless steel cable glands has provided us a number of significant differences to consider.
The Difference: An Overview
Cost Effective
Stainless steel cable glands are more expensive than Brass cable glands.
Therefore Brass cable glands is often a more cost-effective option without compromising functionality.
In fact, stainless steel is harder than brass and has a higher melting point, making it more difficult than brass to cast and machine.
Corrosion Resistance
Brass cable glands is generally more corrosion-resistant than Stainless steel cable glands.
While the addition of chromium to steel makes a whole lot of difference to its ability to resist rust, it is still susceptible to corrosion at some degree.
Stainless steel cable glands, on the contrary, has a higher resistance to petroleum products and many acids than brass, and it can be passivated in either citric or nitric acid solutions.
Some grades of stainless steel are also superior to brass in more-aggressive marine environments such as fast-moving currents.
Hygiene
One of the most major differences between brass and stainless steel material is that stainless steel is 100% lead-free.
Stainless steel is extremely hygienic, harsh wash downs, microbes, and bacteria will be resisted to ensure your production line working in a normal state.
Thus Stainless steel cable glands is used more widely than Brass cable glands in beverage industry, food manufacturing industry, etc.
Brass and stainless steel cable glands are perform well in varying conditions.
Both of them are excellent choices of material for your wire job.
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There have many common point between BW and CW Cable Glands:
Both the BW and CW Cable Glands are used to provide clamping of the armored wire to ensure electrical continuity and mechanical retention of the cable.
Both the BW and CW Cable Glands are quite handy in use with various types of cable whether plastic, rubberized, metal or any other.
Both the BW and CW Cable Glands can come complete with earth tag and PVC shroud.
As far as the difference of the BW and CW Cable glands is concerned, it is to a large extent dependent on the area in which it is used.
The BW cable glands is used for indoor application when a waterproof seal is not required.
The CW cable glands is used for outdoor applications and where necessary to provide an IP66 or IP67 seal with the outer sheath of the cable.
To know more about the BW and CW Cable Glands, you also need to familiar with the important
accessories of them:
Earth Tag
Earth tag is used with cable glands to provide an earth / bonding point.
It’s meaning in the event of a fault or short-circuit the most direct route to ground will be achieved.
Earth tag is available in various shape and in all sizes, also can be coated or plated as per Customer Specification.
PVC Shroud
PVC Shroud can provide additional protection and enhances IP rating of the cable gland.
It can effective solution to weather and corrosion protection of a cable gland.
PVC Shroud is available in same gland size compatible to each size of the cable gland.
And the arrow end of the sleeves is easy cut with a knife, make it to be slipped over a wide range of cable diameters and assists ease of installations.
Armed with a fair understanding of the relative merits and demerits of BW and CW Cable glands, it can ensure that you make the right choice.
We manufacture a range of Cable Glands that are being used successfully in a variety of industries.
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Waterproof cable gland is a kind of connecting device often used in power system.
It is mainly used in outdoor products, medium and large-scale remote control machinery, and the equipment whose body is in the outdoor control system is not on the body.
For example, waterproof cable glands are used in chemical plants,lighting industry, oil industry,wire pole, base stations of telecommunications networks,solar, wind, tide energy and factories with a high degree of automation.
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