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Technology and
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Electrical Installation Maintenance
TLE – Electrical Installation Maintenance 10
Quarter 1 – Module 15: Non-Metallic Sheated Cable (NIM, NMS,NMC)
First Edition, 2020

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Technology and
Livelihood Education 10
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 15
Non-Metalic Sheated Cable
( NIM, NMC, NMS )
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Electrical Installation and Maintenance 10 Self Learning Module on

Non-Metallic Sheated Cable (NIM, NMS,NMC)!

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims to help learners
acquire the needed 21st century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely: Communication,
Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that
will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
 For the Learner:

Welcome to the Electrical Installation and Maintenance 10 Self Learning Module on

Non-Metallic Sheated Cable (NIM, NMS,NMC)!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an active
learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the lesson

at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from the
entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

At the end of the learning period, the students should be able to:

1. define the Non-metallic sheathed cable ,

2. classify the different non-metallic sheathed cable,
3. Apply safety habits while working.

PRETEST

Multiple Choice
Directions: On your answer sheet, write the word or words being described in
each of the following statements.

1. It is the support used to hold the non-metallic sheathed cable in place.

2. It is a type of non-metallic sheathed cable that can only be used in dry and indoor
applications.
3. It is a type of non-metallic sheathed cable that can be used in dry, moist, and
corrosive environments.
4. It is the required short circuit protection rating for a No. 12 AWG(3.5 mm2)
non-metallic sheathed cable.
5. It is the required short circuit protection rating for a No. 10 AWG(5.5 mm2)
non-metallic sheathed cable.

RECAP

Imagine the world today, if electricity was not discovered, how would your
typical day be spent? Describe in a detail how you will live for a day?
 LESSON

NON-METALLIC SHEATHED CABLE (NM,NMC, NMS)

Nonmetallic-sheathed cable is used more often in residential wiring
installations than in any other wiring method. The Philippine Electrical Code
permits this cable to be installed in a building made of combustible material or
wooden frame construction. It may not be used in other types of building
construction without permission from the electrical inspection authorities.
Cable Construction
There are several basic types of non-metallic sheathed cable.

A. Non-metallic cable for dry locations (NM) is used in normal residential

circuits.
Type NM cable shall be permitted as follows:
1. For both exposed and concealed work in normally dry locations
2. To be installed in air voids in masonry block or tile walls

For concealed work, nonmetallic-sheathed cable should be installed for it is

protected from physical damage often caused by nails or screws. For practical
reasons, care should be taken to avoid areas where trim, door and window
casings, baseboards, moldings, and so on, are likely to be nailed.

Type Nonmetallic cable for wet locations (NMC) is used in farm buildings or similar
structures, where there is usually more moisture. NMS cable can be buried directly
in the earth, provided adequate protection is given to the cable

NMC cable shall be permitted as follows:

1. For both exposed and concealed work in dry, moist, damp, or corrosive
locations.
2. In outside and inside walls of masonry block or tile
3. In a shallow chase in masonry, concrete, or adobe protected against nails or
screws by a steel plate at least 1.59 mm (1/16 in.) thick and covered with
plaster, adobe, or similar finish

Type NMC (corrosion-resistant) cable is required for installation in dairy barns and
similar farm buildings where cable will be exposed to fumes, vapors, or liquids
such as ammonia and barnyard acids. Under such circumstances, ordinary types
of nonmetallic-sheathed cable have in some cases, deteriorated rapidly due to
ammonia fumes or the growth of fungus or mold.
C. Type NMS

Type NMS cable shall be permitted as follows:

1. For both exposed and concealed work in normally dry locations.
2. To be installed or fished in air voids in masonry block or tile walls.
Types NM, NMC, and NMS cables shall not be permitted as follows:

1. In any dwelling or structure not specifically permitted above.

2. Exposed in dropped or suspended ceilings in other than one- and two-
family and multifamily dwellings.

For example, cables installed above a dropped gypsum board ceiling or dropped
gypsum board would not be considered exposed cable, provided the area above the
ceiling is not accessible (does not have removable tiles or does not contain an access
panel). Very often, hung or dropped ceilings are accessible; therefore, cables installed
above these types of ceilings would be considered exposed cables if the cables do not
have additional physical protection.

1. As service-entrance cable
2. In commercial garages having hazardous (classified) locations
3. In theaters and similar locations
4. In motion picture studios
5. In storage battery rooms
6. In hoist ways or on elevators or escalators
7. Embedded in poured cement, concrete, or aggregate
8. In hazardous (classified) locations

Trade Names.

It was first produced by the Rome Wire and Cable Company, which named its
new product Romex.
This name is still often used in the trades.
Unless otherwise specifically permitted in the electrical code, the overcurrent
protection for conductor types should not exceed the following:

Copper Conductors

15 amps for #14 AWG,

20 amps for #12 AWG

30 amps for #10 AWG

Aluminum and Copper Clad Conductors

15 amps for #12 AWG

25 amps for #10 AWG

These specifications are determined after any correction factors for ambient
temperature and number of conductors have been applied. Specific conductor
insulation types are determined based on installation environmental factors such as
free-air, dry or damp locations.

Installing Non-metallic Sheathed Cable

A non-metallic (NM) cable is easy to work with and inexpensive, so it is not

surprising that it is the most common type of cable used in household wiring.

NM cable is sold in lengths of 25, 50, or 100 feet, or more. When in doubt
buy the larger package -- it does not cost much more and it may come in handy
later.

NM’s plastic sheathing does not protect the wires much, so keep it out of
harm’s way. If the cable might get wet, install UF

(underground feed) cable, which encases wires in molded plastic.

Wherever cable is exposed -- in a garage or basement -- many local codes call

for armored cable or conduit.

Codes call for running NM through the center of studs so drywall nails cannot
damage it. If the cable is 1-1/4 inches or less from the edge of a framing member,
install a protective nailing plate. Some codes require metal plates even if the cable is
in the center of a stud.

ACTIVITIES

Work Instructions: Draw the line diagram of a given problem:

One bulb controlled by two 3-way switch in different location

 WRAP-UP

Reflect and Understand!

Directions: Based from the result of your assessment in Flexible Armored Cable
Wiring, What is your apprehension of the activity.

1. I have learned that…..

2. I appreciated that….
3. I enjoyed because….

VALUING

Essay
Based on the given actual connection diagram, one bulb controlled by a single pole
switch using a flexible armored cable, which part of the connection you
encountered problem?

POSTTEST

Identification

Directions: List down the materials needed below in a given line diagram

1 2

3
55

4
 KEY TO CORRECTION

10.Utility box Conductor or wire 5.

9. 3-way switch 3-way switch 4.
Junction box 3.
8. Utility box
Incandescent lamp 2.
7. 3-way switch
Circuit breaker 1.
6. Junction box
5. Junction box Post-Test
4. Lamp holder
3. Incandescent lamp
2. Conductor
1. Circuit breaker Activity
Pre-Test

References
ONLINE SOURCE
Cabusora Jr., Roman A. et al. “Electrical Installation and Maintenance
Grade 10 Learner's Matrials”
Accessed July 1, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/321782452/Finish-Tg-Eim-Final
12-27-14

DIGITAL IMAGES

Quindoy, Ruel C. et al. “Electrical Installation and Maintenance

Grade 10 Learner's Matrials”
Accessed July 1, 2020.
https://www.scribd.com/document/321782452/Finish-Tg-Eim-Final
12-27-14