Non-halogenated heavy metal free vehicular cable insulation and harness covering material

摘要

Described is a vehicular harness 60 comprising a plurality of insulated non-halogenated, heavy metal free vehicular cables 10, each comprising an inner core of a copper 14 based metal wire having a thickness area of at least about 0.1 mm, an outer insulation, covering the length of the inner core, comprised of a thermoplastic polyphenylene ether composition that has no halogen or heavy metal added thereto, the insulated cable capable of meeting the testing standard ISO 6722, and a tape comprised of the thermoplastic polyphenylene ether composition 12 wrapped around the plurality of cables to hold the cables together. Also described is a tape 50 having a plastic PPE layer 52 with an adhesive 54 on the bottom and a pealable layer 56.