Low Voltage Cables

600 / 1000V Single Core
XLPE Insulated, Unarmoured & Armoured
LSZH Sheathed, Flame Retardant Cable

APPLICATION	This cable is mainly used in power stations, mass transit underground passenger systems, airports, petrochemical plants, hotels, hospitals, and high-rise buildings.
VOLTAGE RATING	600/1000V
CONSTRUCTION	Plain annealed copper, XLPE or XLEVA compound insulated, unarmoured or aluminum wires armoured, LSZH compound sheathed cable
INSULATION COLOUR	Natural
SHEATH COLOUR	Black or as per order
SPECIFICATION	Refer BS6724, IEC60502-1, IEC60332-1, IEC60332-3, IEC60754, IEC61034

Detailed Specification

Conductor		Insulation	Unarmoured Cable		Armoured Cable
Nominal Area	No./Dia of Strand	Thickness	Cable Overall Diameter	Approx. weight	Cable Overall Diameter	Approx. weight
mm²	No./mm	mm	mm	kg/km	mm	kg/km
1.5	7/0.53	0.7	6.1	52	-	-
2.5	7/0.67	0.7	6.6	67	-	-
4	7/0.85	0.7	7.0	85	-	-
6	7/1.04	0.7	7.5	110	-	-
10	7/1.35	0.7	8.5	155	-	-
16	7/1.70	0.7	9.5	225	-	-
25	7/2.14	0.9	11.5	335	-	-
35	7/2.52	0.9	12.5	435	-	-
50	19/1.78	1.0	14.0	570	18.5	750
70	19/2.14	1.1	16.0	800	20.5	1000
95	19/2.52	1.1	18.0	1080	23.0	1340
120	37/2.03	1.2	20.0	1330	24.7	1620
150	37/2.25	1.4	22.0	1630	27.2	1970
185	37/2.52	1.6	24.5	2030	29.8	2410
240	61/2.25	1.7	27.5	2650	32.7	3000
300	61/2.52	1.8	30.5	3260	35.5	3700
400	61/2.85	2.0	34.0	4140	40.3	4750
500	61/3.20	2.2	39.0	5200	46.0	5900
630	127/2.52	2.4	44.0	6650	52.0	7350
800	127/2.85	2.6	49.0	8450	58.0	9500
1000	127/3.20	2.8	54.0	10600	63.0	11700

Current Rating and Voltage Drop

Single-Core Cables with XLPE (or LSZH) Insulation, with or without PVC (or LSZH) Outsheath 450/750V or 600/1000V
Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp)

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

Conductor cross-sectional area	Reference Method 4 (enclosed in conduit in thermally insulating wall etc)		Reference Method 3 (enclosed in conduit on a wall or in trunking etc)		Reference Method 1 (clipped direct)		Reference Method 11 (on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical)		Reference Method 12 (free air)
Conductor cross-sectional area					Reference Method 1 (clipped direct)				Horizontal flat spaced	Vertical flat spaced	Trefoil
	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c.	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. flat and touching	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c. flat and touching or trefoil	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. or flat and touching	3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c. flat and touching or trefoil	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. or 3 cables three phase	2 cables, single-phase a.c. or d.c. or 3 cables three phase	3 cables, trefoil 3-phase a.c.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
mm²	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
1.5	18	17	22	19	25	23	-	-	-	-	-
2.5	24	23	30	26	34	31	-	-	-	-	-
4	33	30	40	35	46	41	-	-	-	-	-
6	43	39	51	45	59	54	-	-	-	-	-
10	58	53	71	63	81	74	-	-	-	-	-
16	76	70	95	85	109	99	-	-	-	-	-
25	100	91	126	111	143	130	158	140	183	163	138
35	125	111	156	138	176	161	195	176	226	203	171
50	149	135	189	168	228	209	293	215	274	246	209
70	189	170	240	214	293	268	308	279	351	318	270
95	228	205	290	259	355	326	375	341	426	389	330
120	263	235	336	299	413	379	436	398	495	453	385
150	300	270	375	328	476	436	505	461	570	524	445
185	341	306	426	370	545	500	579	530	651	600	511
240	400	358	500	433	644	590	686	630	769	711	606
300	459	410	573	493	743	681	794	730	886	824	701
400	-	-	684	584	868	793	915	849	1065	994	820
500	-	-	783	666	990	904	1044	973	1228	1150	936
630	-	-	900	764	1130	1033	1191	1115	1423	1338	1069
800	-	-	-	-	1288	1179	1358	1275	1580	1485	1214
1000	-	-	-	-	1443	1323	1520	1436	1775	1671	1349

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

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

Size of conductor	2 cables d.c.	2 cables, single-phase a.c.						3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c.
Size of conductor	2 cables d.c.	Ref. Methods 3 and 4 (enclosed in conduit etc, in or on a wall)			Ref. Methods 1 and 11 (clipped direct or on trays touching)			Ref. Methods 3 and 4 (enclosed in conduit etc, in or on a wall)			Ref. Methods 1, 11 and 12 (in trefoil)			Ref. Methods 1 and 11 (Flat and touching)
1	2	3			4			5			6			7
mm²	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m
1.5	31		31			27			27			27			27
2.5	19		19			16			16			16			16
4	33		12			10			10			10			10
6	7.8		7.9			6.8			6.8			6.8			6.8
10	4.7		4.7			4.7			4			4			4
16	2.9		2.9			2.9			2.5			2.5			2.5
		r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z
25	1.85	1.60	0.31	1.90	1.85	0.190	1.85	1.600	0.270	1.65	1.600	0.165	1.600	1.600	0.190	1.600
35	1.35	1.35	0.29	1.35	1.35	0.180	1.35	1.15	0.250	1.15	1.150	0.155	1.50	1.150	0.180	1.150
50	0.99	1.00	0.29	1.05	0.99	0.180	1.00	0.87	0.250	0.90	0.860	0.155	0.870	0.860	0.180	0.870
70	0.68	0.70	0.28	0.75	0.68	0.175	0.71	0.60	0.240	0.65	0.590	0.150	0.610	0.590	0.175	0.620
95	0.49	0.51	0.27	0.58	0.49	0.170	0.52	0.44	0.230	0.50	0.430	0.145	0.450	0.430	0.170	0.460
120	0.39	0.41	25.00	0.48	0.39	0.165	0.43	0.35	0.23	0.42	0.340	0.140	0.370	0.340	0.165	0.380
150	0.32	0.33	0.26	0.43	0.32	0.165	0.36	0.29	0.23	0.37	0.280	0.140	0.310	0.280	0.165	0.320
185	0.25	0.27	0.26	0.37	0.26	0.165	0.30	0.23	0.23	0.32	0.220	0.140	0.260	0.220	0.165	0.280
240	0.19	0.21	0.26	0.33	0.20	0.160	0.25	0.185	0.22	0.29	0.170	0.140	0.220	0.170	0.165	0.240
300	0.155	0.175	0.25	0.31	0.16	0.160	0.22	0.150	0.22	0.27	0.140	0.140	0.195	0.135	0.160	0.210
400	0.12	0.140	0.25	0.29	0.13	0.155	0.20	0.125	0.22	0.25	0.110	0.135	0.175	0.110	0.160	0.195
500	0.093	0.120	0.25	0.28	0.105	0.155	0.185	0.10	0.22	0.24	0.090	0.135	0.160	0.088	0.160	0.180
630	0.072	0.100	0.26	0.27	0.086	0.155	0.175	0.088	0.21	0.23	0.074	0.135	0.150	0.071	0.160	0.170
800	0.056	-	-	-	0.072	0.150	0.170	-	-	-	0.062	0.130	0.145	0.059	0.155	0.165
1000	0.045	-	-	-	0.063	0.150	0.165	-	-	-	0.055	0.130	0.140	0.050	0.155	0.165

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

Single Core Cables with XLPE or LSZH Insulation, Armoured, PVC or LSZH Outsheath 600/1000V
Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) [CU/XLPE/AWA/PVC or CU/XLPE/AWA/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 perforated cable tray)		Reference Method 12 (free air)	In single-way ducts		Laid direct in ground
Conductor cross-sectional area	2 cables singlephase a.c. or d.c. flat and touching	3 or 4 cables 3-phase a.c. flat and touching	2 cables singlephase a.c. or d.c. flat and touching	3 or 4 cables 3-phase a.c. flat and touching	3 cables 3-phase a.c. trefoil touching	2 cables singlephase a.c. or d.c. ducts touching	3 cables 3-phase a.c. trefoil touching	2 cables singlephase a.c. or d.c. touching	3 cables 3-phase a.c. trefoil touching
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
mm²	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
50	237	220	253	232	222	255	235	275	235
70	303	277	322	293	285	310	280	340	290
95	367	333	389	352	346	365	330	405	345
120	425	383	449	405	402	410	370	460	389
150	488	437	516	462	463	445	405	510	435
185	557	496	587	524	529	485	440	580	490
240	656	579	689	612	625	550	500	670	560
300	755	662	792	700	720	610	550	750	630
400	853	717	899	767	815	640	580	830	700
500	962	791	1016	851	918	690	620	910	770
630	1082	861	1146	935	1027	750	670	1000	840
800	1170	904	1246	987	1119	828	735	1117	931
1000	1261	961	1345	1055	1214	919	811	1254	1038

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

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

Conductor cross-sectional area	2 cables d.c.	2 cables single-phase a.c.			3 or 4 cables three-phase a.c.						2 cables singlephase a.c.		3 or 4 cables, 3-phase a.c. touching
Conductor cross-sectional area	2 cables d.c.	Reference Method 1 & 11 (touching)			Reference Method 1, 11 & 12 (in trefoil touching)			Reference Method 1 & 11 (Flat touching)			In ducts	In ground	In ducts	In ground
1	2	3			4			5			6	7	8	9
mm²	mV/A/m	mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m			mV/A/m	mV/A/m	mV/A/m	mV/A/m
		r	x	z	r	x	z	r	x	z
50	0.98	0.99	0.21	1	0.86	0.18	0.87	0.84	0.25	0.88	1.10	0.99	0.93	0.86
70	0.67	0.68	0.20	0.71	0.59	0.17	0.62	0.6	0.25	0.65	0.80	0.70	0.70	0.61
95	0.49	0.51	0.195	0.55	0.44	0.17	0.47	0.46	0.24	0.52	0.65	0.53	0.56	0.46
120	0.39	0.41	0.190	0.45	0.35	0.165	0.39	0.38	0.24	0.44	0.55	0.43	0.48	0.37
150	0.31	0.33	0.185	0.38	0.29	0.160	0.33	0.31	0.23	0.39	0.50	0.37	0.43	0.32
185	0.25	0.27	0.185	0.33	0.23	0.160	0.28	0.26	0.23	0.34	0.45	0.31	0.39	0.27
240	0.195	0.21	0.180	0.28	0.18	0.155	0.24	0.21	0.22	0.30	0.40	0.26	0.35	0.23
300	0.155	0.17	0.175	0.25	0.145	0.150	0.21	0.17	0.22	0.28	0.37	0.24	0.32	0.21
400	0.115	0.145	0.170	0.22	0.125	0.150	0.195	0.160	0.21	0.27	0.35	0.21	0.30	0.19
500	0.093	0.125	0.170	0.21	0.105	0.145	0.180	0.145	0.20	0.25	0.33	0.20	0.28	0.18
630	0.073	0.105	0.165	0.195	0.092	0.145	0.170	0.135	0.195	0.24	0.30	0.19	0.26	0.17
800	0.056	0.090	0.160	0.190	0.086	0.140	0.165	0.130	0.180	0.23	0.28	0.18	0.24	0.16
1000	0.045	0.092	0.155	0.180	0.080	0.135	0.155	0.125	0.170	0.21	0.26	0.17	0.22	0.15

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

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