Yup. What Ed said. When fire resistant cable was first required we found ourselves putting in all sorts of stuff - aluminum clad cable among them. I did one job with aluminum clad 25 pair and quad. What a PITA!

And yes, here in NYC the cable companies will use aluminum clad stuff for risers/feeders/whatever - sometimes. Doesn't seem to be a rhyme or reason - maybe they just use whatever's in the warehouse at the time....

Sam


"Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?"