Standart: BS 6346
Description: PVC insulation • wires stranded in layers • wraping • PVC bedding • armour • sheath of PVC
Application:
These cables are preferentially used in outdoor applications, for indoor instalations, in the open air, underground and in water where mechanical damage is anticipated.
Features:
| Identification of cable wires | |||||
| Number of wires | a-wire | Number of wires | a-wire | Number of wires | a-wire |
| 1 | brown | 8 | orange | 15 | grey/red |
| 2 | yellow | 9 | red/white | 16 | black/red |
| 3 | green | 10 | grey | 17 | violet/red |
| 4 | red | 11 | red/blue | 18 | orange/red |
| 5 | white | 12 | violet | 19 | green/red |
| 6 | blue | 13 | brown/red | 20 | blue/ white |
| 7 | black | 14 | yellow/red | ||
Core identification for 4x1(1.5) – red-blue-yellow-green.
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Description |
Technical data |
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| Conductor | solid copper conductor to BS 6360 |
Cross sectionin mm2 : | 1.0 1.5 |
| Conductor size |
1.00mm2 =1/1.13mm 1.50mm2 =1/1.38mm |
Cond.resistance at 20° C max.:Ω/km | 18.1 12.1 |
| Insulation: -material -radial thickness,nom |
PVC type TI1 complying to BS 7655 0.6mm |
Insulation resistance min. MΩ.km | 100 100 |
| Cable core | the wires are stranded into layers | Mutual capacitance at 800Hz. max.nF/km | 120 140 |
| Wrapping | minimum of 1 layer of plastic tape | Voltage rating | 600/1000 V |
| Inner Sheath | PVC compound type TM1 , complying to BS 7655, black | Test voltage 50Hz, 1 min. wire - wire wire - armour |
3500V 3500V |
| Armour | single layer of galvanized steel wires complying to BS 1442 | Temperature range mobile fixed |
-5° C to +50° C 30° C to +70° C |
| Outer Sheath | PVC compound type TM1 complying to BS 7655 | ||
| Sheath colour | orange | Minimum bending radius approx. | 15 x cable diameter |
| Type codes |
| PVC insulation or sheath of PVC |
| SWA galvanized steel wires armour |
| Cable core construction | |||
| Number of wires | Centre | First layer | Second layer |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 7 | |
| 12 | 2 | 9 | |
| 16 | f | 5 | 11 |
| 20 | f | 7 | 13 |