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600/1000V PVC Insulated, PVC Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables to BS 6346 (2-5 Cores)

FFGD400 1VV-R (CU/PVC/PVC 600/1000V Class 2)

Applications

BS 6346 600/1000V PVC Insulated, PVC Sheathed Armoured Power Cables are intended for use in fixed installations in industrial areas, buildings and similar applications.

Standard

Basic design to BS 6346

Fire Performance

Flame Retardance (Single Vertical Wire Test) BS EN 50265-2-1

Voltage Rating

600/1000V

Construction

600/1000V PVC Insulated, PVC Sheathed, Armoured Power Cables Power Cables to BS 6346 (2-5 Cores)
Conductor Annealed copper wire, stranded according to BS 6360 class 2.
Insulation PVC TI 1 according to BS 7655-3.1.
Bedding: Extruded PVC or taped bedding comprising two or more layers of PVC tape or other synthetic tape (for cables having a nominal conductor area of 16mm² and above).
Armouring: Galvanized steel wire.
Outer Sheath PVC TM 1 according to BS 7655-4.1.
Outer Sheath Option UV resistance, hydrocarbon resistance, oil resistance, anti rodent and anti termite properties can be offered as option. Compliance to fire performance standard (IEC 60332-1, IEC 60332-3, UL 1581, UL 1666 etc) depends on the oxygen index of the PVC compound and the overall cable design. LSPVC can also be provided upon request.

Colour Code

Insulation Colour Two-core: Brown, blue Three-core: Brown, black, grey Four-core: Blue, brown, black, grey Five-core: Green-and-yellow, blue, brown, black, grey
Sheath Colour Black (other colours upon request)

PHYSICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES

Maximum temperature range during operation (PVC): 70°C
Maximum short circuit temperature (5 Seconds): 160°C
Minimum bending radius:  
  Circular copper conductor 6 x Overall Diameter
  Shaped copper conductor 8 x Overall Diameter

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS

Conductor FGD400 1VVMV-R
No. of Cores x Cross Section Class of Conductor Nominal Insulation Thickness Nominal Bedding Thickness Nominal Armour Wire Diameter Nominal Sheath Thickness Approx. Overall Diameter Approx. Weight
Extruded Bedding Taped Bedding
No.xmm² 　 mm mm mm mm mm mm kg/km
2 Cores
2x1.5a 2 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4 12.3 - 278
2x2.5a 2 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.4 13.6 - 355
2x4.0a 2 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.4 15.1 - 437
2x6.0a 2 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.5 16.5 - 524
2x10a 2 1.0 0.8 1.25 1.6 20.1 - 835
2x16a 2 1.0 0.8 1.25 1.6 21.9 21.9 1045
2x25b 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.7 23.0 22.6 1535
2x25a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.7 26.7 26.3 1608
2x35b 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.8 24.8 24.4 1839
2x35a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.8 29.2 28.8 1941
2x50b 2 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.9 27.8 27.4 1364
2x70b 2 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.9 30.4 30.0 2328
2x95b 2 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.1 35.5 34.7 3759
2x120b 2 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.2 38.0 37.2 3217
2x150b 2 1.8 1.2 2.0 2.3 41.3 40.5 3732
2x185b 2 2.0 1.4 2.5 2.4 46.4 45.2 6669
2x240b 2 2.2 1.4 2.5 2.5 51.2 50.0 6432
2x300b 2 2.4 1.6 2.5 2.7 56.4 54.8 7680
2x400b 2 2.6 1.6 2.5 2.9 61.9 60.3 12535
3 Cores
3x1.5a 2 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4 12.8 - 311
3x2.5a 2 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.4 14.1 - 405
3x4.0a 2 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.4 15.8 - 510
3x6.0a 2 0.8 0.8 1.25 1.5 18.0 - 727
3x10a 2 1.0 0.8 1.25 1.6 21.2 - 998
3x16a 2 1.0 0.8 1.25 1.6 23.1 23.1 1291
3x25b 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.7 25.0 24.6 1879
3x25a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.7 28.2 27.8 1989
3x35b 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.8 27.1 26.7 2286
3x35a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.8 30.8 30.4 2439
3x50b 2 1.4 1.0 1.6 1.9 30.5 30.1 1638
3x70b 2 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.0 35.0 34.2 3272
3x95b 2 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.1 39.3 38.5 4789
3x120b 2 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.2 42.2 41.4 4068
3x150b 2 1.8 1.4 2.5 2.4 47.5 46.3 5231
3x185b 2 2.0 1.4 2.5 2.5 51.9 50.7 8660
3x240b 2 2.2 1.6 2.5 2.6 57.8 56.2 8395
3x300b 2 2.4 1.6 2.5 2.8 63.2 61.6 10006
3x400b 2 2.6 1.6 2.5 3.0 69.6 68.0 16856
4 Cores 　
4x1.5a 2 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4 13.5 - 353
4x2.5a 2 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.4 15.0 - 466
4x4.0a 2 0.8 0.8 1.25 1.5 17.8 - 708
4x6.0a 2 0.8 0.8 1.25 1.5 19.2 - 850
4x10a 2 1.0 0.8 1.25 1.6 22.8 - 1186
4x16a 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 26.3 25.9 1751
4x25b 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.8 27.8 27.4 2254
4x25a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.8 30.7 30.3 2401
4x35b 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.9 30.3 29.9 2769
4x35a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.9 33.7 33.3 2972
4x50b 2 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.0 35.4 34.6 2198
4x70b 2 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.1 39.2 38.4 3961
4x95b 2 1.6 1.2 2.0 2.2 44.3 43.5 5891
4x120b 2 1.6 1.4 2.5 2.4 49.3 48.1 5437
4x150b 2 1.8 1.4 2.5 2.5 53.6 52.4 6357
4x185b 2 2.0 1.6 2.5 2.6 59.0 57.4 10827
4x240b 2 2.2 1.6 2.5 2.8 65.7 64.1 10363
4x300b 2 2.4 1.6 2.5 3.0 72.0 70.4 12420
4x400b 2 2.6 1.8 3.15 3.3 81.3 79.3 22477
5 Cores
5x1.5a 2 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.4 14.3 - 396
5x2.5a 2 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.5 16.3 - 538
5x4.0a 2 0.8 0.8 1.25 1.5 19.0 - 807
5x6.0a 2 0.8 0.8 1.25 1.6 20.9 - 987
5x10a 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 25.8 - 1581
5x16a 2 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.7 28.4 28.0 2039
5x25a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.9 33.5 33.1 2840
5x35a 2 1.2 1.0 1.6 1.9 36.6 36.2 3518
5x50a 2 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.1 43.0 42.2 4881
5x70a 2 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.2 48.1 47.3 6325
a Circular or compacted circular stranded conductor (class 2)
b Shaped stranded conductor (class 2)

Electrical Properties

Conductor Operating Temperature 70°C
Ambient Temperature 30°C

Current-Carrying Capacities (Amp) according to BS 7671: 2008 table 4D4A

Conductor cross- sectional area Reference Method C (clipped direct) Reference Method E (in free air or on a perforated cable tray, horizontal or vertical) Reference Method D (direct in ground or in ducting in ground. in or around buildings)
1 two-core cable, singlephase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or fourcore cable, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable, singlephase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or fourcore cable, three-phase a.c. 1 two-core cable, singlephase a.c. or d.c. 1 three- or fourcore cable, three-phase a.c.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
mm2 A A A A A A
1.5 21 18 22 19 22 18
2.5 28 25 31 26 29 24
4.0 38 33 41 35 37 30
6.0 49 42 53 45 46 38
10 67 58 72 62 60 50
16 89 77 97 83 78 64
25 118 102 128 110 99 82
35 145 125 157 135 119 98
50 175 151 190 163 140 116
70 222 192 241 207 173 143
95 269 231 291 251 204 169
120 310 267 336 290 231 192
150 356 306 386 332 261 217
185 405 348 439 378 292 243
240 476 409 516 445 336 280
300 547 469 592 510 379 316
400 621 540 683 590 - -

Voltage Drop (Per Amp Per Meter) according to BS 7671: 2008 table 4D4B

Nominal Cross Section  Area Two-core cables d.c. Two-core cable, single-phase a.c. Three- or four-core cable, three-phase a.c.
1 2 3 4
mm2 mV/A/m mV/A/m mV/A/m
1.5 29 29 25
2.5 18 18 15
4.0 11 11 9.5
6.0 7.3 7.3 6.4
10 4.4 4.4 3.8
16 2.8 2.8 2.4
　 　 r x z r x z
25 1.75 1.75 0.170 1.75 1.50 0.145 1.50
35 1.25 1.25 0.165 1.25 1.10 0.145 1.10
50 0.93 0.93 0.165 0.94 0.80 0.140 0.81
70 0.63 0.63 0.160 0.65 0.55 0.140 0.57
95 0.46 0.47 0.155 0.50 0.41 0.135 0.43
120 0.36 0.38 0.155 0.41 0.33 0.135 0.35
150 0.29 0.30 0.155 0.34 0.26 0.130 0.29
185 0.23 0.25 0.150 0.29 0.21 0.130 0.25
240 0.180 0.190 0.150 0.24 0.165 0.130 0.21
300 0.145 0.155 0.145 0.21 0.135 0.130 0.185
400 0.105 0.115 0.145 0.185 0.100 0.125 0.160

Note: *Spacings larger than one cable diameter will result in a large voltage drop.
r = conductor resistance at operating temperature
x = reactance
z = impedance