Low Voltage Cables

600 / 1000V 2-Core ~ 4-Core Mica Tape Fire Barrier,
XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured & Armoured
LSZH Sheathed, Fire Resistant Cable

APPLICATION	This cable is designed for areas where the integrity of the electrical circuit is critical in maintaining power supply. Applications can be found in emergency lightings, control and power circuits, power stations, fire alarm systems, underground tunnels, communications systems, sewage treatment plants, lifts, escalators, and high-rise buildings.
VOLTAGE RATING	600/1000V
CONSTRUCTION	Plain annealed copper, mica tape fire barrier, XLPE or XLEVA compound insulated, unarmoured or aluminum wires armoured, LSZH compound sheathed cable
INSULATION COLOUR	2-Core: (Brown & Blue) 3-Core: (Brown, Black & Grey) 4-Core: (Brown, Black, Grey & Blue) 5-Core & above: (Black [XLPE] / Natural [LSZH Compound]) or as per order:
SHEATH COLOUR	Orange or as per order
SPECIFICATION	BS7846, BS6387, SS299, IEC60331, IEC60332-1, IEC60332-3, IEC60754, IEC61034

Detailed Specification

2-CORE
Conductor			Insulation	Unarmoured Cable		Armoured Cable
Nominal Area	No./Dia of Strand	Dia. of Conductor	Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Cable weight	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Cable weight
mm²	No./mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	mm	kg/km
1.5	7/0.53	1.59	0.7	12.2	150	15.3	390
2.5	7/0.67	2.01	0.7	12.6	180	16.5	450
4	7/0.85	2.55	0.7	14.7	250	17.6	525
6	7/1.04	3.12	0.7	16.2	290	18.8	620
10	7/1.35	4.05	0.7	17.1	450	21.0	800
16	7/1.70	5.10	0.7	19.2	550	23.0	1100
25	7/2.14	6.42	0.9	20.0	680	27.0	1480
35	19/1.53	7.65	0.9	22.0	940	30.0	2000
50	19/1.78	8.90	1.0	24.0	1250	33.0	2450
70	19/2.14	10.70	1.1	27.0	1700	37.0	3200

3-CORE
Conductor			Insulation	Unarmoured Cable		Armoured Cable
Nominal Area	No./Dia of Strand	Dia. of Conductor	Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Cable weight	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Cable weight
mm²	No./mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	mm	kg/km
1.5	7/0.53	1.59	0.7	12.3	170	16.5	420
2.5	7/0.67	2.01	0.7	13.8	200	17.0	500
4	7/0.85	2.55	0.7	15.2	300	18.5	600
6	7/1.04	3.12	0.7	16.8	380	19.8	785
10	7/1.35	4.05	0.7	18.0	550	22.6	1030
16	1/1.70	5.10	0.7	21.0	760	25.0	1370
25	7/2.14	6.42	0.9	22.0	960	29.0	1900
35	19/1.53	7.65	0.9	24.0	1300	32.0	2300
50	19/1.78	8.90	1.0	28.0	1700	35.0	2900
70	19/2.14	10.70	1.1	31.0	2400	40.0	4000
95	19/2.52	12.60	1.1	36.0	3250	45.0	5400
120	37/2.03	14.21	1.2	38.0	4000	49.0	6450
150	37/2.25	15.75	1.4	42.0	5000	55.0	8200
185	37/2.52	17.64	1.6	47.0	6100	60.0	9800
240	61/2.25	20.25	1.7	52.0	8000	68.0	12300
300	61/2.52	22.68	1.8	59.0	9850	74.0	14800
400	61/2.85	25.65	2.0	63.0	13000	83.0	17600

4-CORE
Conductor			Insulation	Unarmoured Cable		Armoured Cable
Nominal Area	No./Dia of Strand	Dia. of Conductor	Thickness	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Cable weight	Approx. Overall Diameter	Approx. Cable weight
mm²	No./mm	mm	mm	mm	kg/km	mm	kg/km
1.5	7/0.53	1.59	0.7	14.3	210	16.0	475
2.5	7/0.67	2.01	0.7	15.2	270	17.8	570
4	7/0.85	2.55	0.7	17.2	380	19.8	690
6	7/1.04	3.12	0.7	19.0	440	21.0	940
10	7/1.35	4.05	0.7	20.6	670	23.3	1200
16	1/1.70	5.10	0.7	23.6	820	26.5	1400
25	7/2.14	6.42	0.9	26.0	1320	30.5	2400
35	19/1.53	7.65	0.9	29.0	1730	34.0	2800
50	19/1.78	8.90	1.0	32.0	2300	38.0	3500
70	19/2.14	10.70	1.1	38.0	3180	44.0	5300
95	19/2.52	12.60	1.1	41.9	4370	48.5	6700
120	37/2.03	14.21	1.2	44.0	5400	54.0	8500
150	37/2.25	15.75	1.4	50.8	6500	59.0	10000
185	37/2.52	17.64	1.6	55.0	8200	64.5	12200
240	61/2.25	20.25	1.7	60.5	10600	74.0	15400
300	61/2.52	22.68	1.8	68.5	13200	82.0	19500
400	61/2.85	25.65	2.0	76.0	17000	92.0	25500

Current Rating and Voltage Drop

Multi-Core Cables with XLPE (or LSZH) Insulation, PVC (or LSZH) Outsheath 300/500V or 600/1000V
Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [CU/XLPE/PVC or CU/XLPE/LSZH cables]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C	BS 7211
Ambient Temperature : 30°C	IEC60502-1

Conductor cross-sectional area	Reference Method 4 (enclosed in an conduit insulated wall etc)	Reference Method 3 (enclosed in conduit on a wall or ceiling, or in trunking)		Reference Method 1 (clipped direct)		Reference Method 11 (on a perforated cable tray), or Reference Method 13 (free air)
Conductor cross-sectional area	one 3-core cable or one 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.	one 2-core cable singlephase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core cable or one 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.	one 2-core cable singlephase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core cable or one 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.	one 2-core cable singlephase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core cable or one 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
mm²	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	16.5	22	19.5	24	22	26	23
2.5	22	30	26	33	30	36	32
4	30	40	35	45	40	49	42
6	38	51	44	58	52	63	54
10	51	69	60	80	71	86	75
16	68	91	80	107	96	115	100
25	89	119	105	138	119	149	127
35	109	146	128	171	147	185	158
50	130	175	154	209	179	225	192
70	164	221	194	269	229	289	246
95	197	265	233	328	278	352	298
120	227	305	268	382	322	410	346
150	259	334	300	441	371	473	399
185	295	384	340	506	424	542	456
240	346	459	398	599	500	641	538
300	396	532	455	693	576	741	621
400	-	625	536	803	667	865	741

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [CU/XLPE/PVC or CU/XLPE/LSZH cables]

Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C	BS 7211
Ambient Temperature : 30°C	IEC60502-1

Conductor cross-sectional area	2-core cable d.c.	2-core cable single-phase a.c			3-core or 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.
1	2	3			4
mm²	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m
1.5	31		31			27
2.5	19		19			16
4	12		12			10
6	7.9		7.9			6.8
10	4.7		4.7			4.0
16	2.9		2.9			2.5
		r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.85	1.85	0.16	1.90	1.6	0.14	1.65
35	1.35	1.35	0.155	1.35	1.15	0.135	1.15
50	0.98	0.99	0.155	1.00	0.86	0.135	0.87
70	0.67	0.67	0.150	0.69	0.59	0.130	0.60
95	0.49	0.50	0.150	0.52	0.43	0.130	0.45
120	0.39	0.40	0.145	0.42	0.34	0.130	0.37
150	0.31	0.32	0.145	0.35	0.28	0.125	0.30
185	0.25	0.26	0.145	0.29	0.22	0.125	0.26
240	0.195	0.20	0.140	0.24	0.175	0.125	0.21
300	0.155	0.16	0.140	0.21	0.140	0.120	0.185
400	0.120	0.13	0.140	0.19	0.115	0.120	0.165

Note :
r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance

Multi-Core Cables with XLPE (or LSZH) Insulation, Armoured, PVC or LSZH Outsheath 600/1000V
Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [CU/XLPE/SWA/PVC or CU/XLPE/SWA/LSZH Cables]

	BS 6724
Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C	BS 7846
Ambient Temperature : 30°C	IEC60502-1

Conductor cross-sectional area	Reference Method 1 (clipped direct)		Reference Method 11 (on a perforated horizontal cable tray or Reference Method 13 [free air] )		In single-way ducts		Laid direct in ground
	one 2-core cable single phase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core or 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.	one 2-core cable single phase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core or 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.	one 2-core cable single phase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core or 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.	one 2-core cable single phase a.c. or d.c.	one 3-core or 4-core cable 3-phase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
mm²	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	27	23	29	25	-	23	-	28
2.5	36	31	39	33	-	30	-	36
4	49	42	52	44	-	40	-	48
6	62	53	66	56	-	50	-	60
10	85	73	90	78	-	65	-	80
16	110	94	115	99	115	94	140	115
25	146	124	152	131	145	125	180	150
35	180	154	188	162	175	150	215	180
50	219	187	228	197	210	175	255	215
70	279	238	291	251	260	215	315	265
95	338	289	354	304	310	260	380	315
120	392	335	410	353	355	300	430	360
150	451	386	472	406	400	335	480	405
185	515	441	539	463	455	380	540	460
240	607	520	636	546	520	440	630	530
300	698	599	732	628	590	495	700	590
400	787	673	847	728	660	560	790	670

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) [CU/XLPE/SWA/PVC or CU/XLPE/SWA/LSZH Cables

	BS 6724
Conductor Operating Temperature : 90°C	BS 7846
Ambient Temperature : 30°C	IEC60502-1

Conductor cross-sectional area	2-core cable d.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c.			3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.			2 cables, single-phase a.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.
Conductor cross-sectional area	2-core cable d.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c.			3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.			In ducts or in ground	In ducts or in ground
1	2	3			4			5	6
mm2	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m	mV/A/m
1.5	31.0		31.0			27.0		31.0	25.0
2.5	19.0		19.0			16.0		19.0	15.0
4	12.0		12.0			10.0		12.0	9.7
6	7.9		7.9			6.8		7.9	6.5
10	4.7		4.7			4.0		4.7	3.9
16	2.9		2.9			2.5		2.9	2.6
		r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.850	1.350	0.160	1.900	1.600	0.140	1.650	1.900	1.600
35	1.350	1.350	0.155	1.350	1.150	0.135	1.150	1.350	1.200
50	0.980	0.990	0.155	1.000	0.860	0.135	0.870	1.000	0.870
70	0.670	0.670	0.150	0.690	0.590	0.130	0.600	0.690	0.610
95	0.490	0.500	0.150	0.520	0.430	0.130	0.450	0.520	0.450
120	0.390	0.400	0.145	0.420	0.340	0.130	0.370	0.420	0.360
150	0.310	0.320	0.145	0.350	0.280	0.125	0.300	0.350	0.300
185	0.250	0.260	0.145	0.290	0.220	0.125	0.260	0.290	0.250
240	0.195	0.200	0.140	0.240	0.175	0.125	0.210	0.240	0.210
300	0.155	0.160	0.140	0.210	0.140	0.120	0.185	0.210	0.190
400	0.120	0.130	0.140	0.190	0.115	0.120	0.165	0.190	0.180

Note :
r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance

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600 / 1000V 2-Core ~ 4-Core Mica Tape Fire Barrier, XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured & Armoured LSZH Sheathed, Fire Resistant Cable

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XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured & Armoured
LSZH Sheathed, Fire Resistant Cable