Model Specifications – Polywater J Installer should use a minimum of 1 gallon of Polywater® J lubricant per 100 feet of cable pulled in. In poor conduit conditions, longer pulls and high conduit fill additional lubricant should be applied. The statement below may be inserted into a specific job specification to help maintain engineering standards and ensure project integrity. The cable pulling lubricant shall be Polywater? J Lubricant. The lubricant shall be UL (or CSA) listed. The lubricant shall contain no waxes, greases, silicones, or polyalkylene glycol oils. Lubricant manufacturer must provide cable manufacturer approvals upon request. Cable jacket compatibility shall be tested by the IEEE 1210, Standard Tests for Determining Compatibility of Cable-Pulling Lubricants with Wire and Cable. It shall pass physical compatibility tests on LLDPE, XLPE, PVC and EPR cable jacket or sheath materials. It shall not stress crack polyethylene per ASTM Standard 1693. There shall be no significant changes in the conductive properties of XLPE and EPR semi-conducting compounds when the lubricant’s effect on volume resistivity is tested according to IEEE Standard 1210. A 200-gram sample of the lubricant, when placed in a one-foot, split metal conduit and fully dried for 24 hours at 105 degrees C, shall not spread a flame more than three inches beyond a point of ignition at a continued heat flux of 40 kW / meter2. Total time of test shall be one-half hour.