Color-coded armored cable

A color coded armored cable comprising:

• at least one elongated flexible electrical conductor;
• and
• a metal armor sheath enclosing said conductor, said sheath comprising an elongated metal strip formed in continuous helical interlocked convolutions;
• a continuous, non-patterned, non-conductive color coating on the entirety of the visually observable outer surface of said sheath of a color different than the natural color of the metal strip;
• retention of the continuous, non-patterned color coating to the entirety of the visually observable outer surface of said sheath being enhanced by:
• the outer surface of said metal strip being abraded,
• dry film thickness of said color coating being in the range of 0.3 to 0.4 mils,
• said color coating having a polyethylene based wax lubricant in a percentage per unit volume of the color coating within a range of from 0.45% to 0.55%;
• and
• wherein the number of convolutions are maximized per unit length of the sheath so as to minimize the degree of movement of adjacent convolutions with respect to one another.

A color coded armored cable comprising:

• at least one elongated flexible electrical conductor;
• and
• a metal armor sheath enclosing said conductor, said sheath comprising an elongated metal strip formed in continuous helical interlocked convolutions;
• a continuous, non-patterned, non-conductive color coating on the entirety of the visually observable outer surface of said sheath of a color different than the natural color of the metal strip;
• retention of the continuous, non-patterned color coating to the entirety of the visually observable outer surface of said sheath being enhanced by:
• the outer surface of said strip being abraded,
• dry film thickness of said color coating being in the range of 0.3 to 0.4 mils,
• said color coating having a polyethylene based wax lubricant in a percentage per unit volume of the color coating within a range of from 0.45% to 0.55%;
• a conductive coating on the entirety of the inner surface of said strip;
• and
• wherein the number of convolutions are maximized per unit length of the sheath so as to minimize the degree of movement of adjacent convolutions with respect to one another, the number of convolutions being in an inverse relationship to the width of said strip.

A color coded armored cable comprising:

• at least one elongated flexible electrical conductor;
• and
• a metal armor sheath enclosing said conductor, said sheath comprising an elongated metal strip formed in continuous helical interlocked convolutions, said convolutions having a leading edge, a convex surface portion, a concave surface portion and a trailing edge;
• a continuous, non-patterned, color coating on the entirety of the outer surface of said strip of a color different than the natural color of the metal, providing the sheath with said non-patterned, continuous, color over the entirety of the visually observable exterior surface of said sheath;
• and
• said convolutions being overlapped at a leading edge of one convolution and a trailing edge of an adjacent convolution, said trailing edge being in contact with an interior surface of said convolutions at substantially a point and the geometry of said convolutions being such that bending of said sheath will cause said point contact between said convolutions to move along an inner surface of said sheath without contact between said leading edge of one convolution and an outer surface of said adjacent convolution sufficient to remove said color coating therefrom.

A color coded armored electrical cable comprising:

• at least one elongated flexible electrical conductor;
• and
• a metal sheath enclosing said conductor, said sheath comprising an elongated metal strip formed in continuous helical interlocked convolutions, said convolutions having a leading edge, a convex surface portion, a concave surface portion and a trailing edge;
• a continuous, non-patterned, color coating of a color different than the natural color of the metal over the entirety of the observable portion of the exterior surface of said sheath;
• said convolutions being overlapped at a leading edge of one convolution and a trailing edge of an adjacent convolution, with the contour of the metal strip convolutions designed to maintain the trailing edge of the adjacent convolution in contact with an interior surface of the said one convolution at substantially a point and such that bending of said sheath will cause said point contact between said convolutions to move along an inner surface of said sheath without contact between a leading edge of one convolution and an outer surface of an adjacent convolution sufficient to remove said color coating therefrom.