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Industrial Cables Multi-Core Flexible Cables

318Y to BS 6500

Application and Description

318Y to BS 6500 cables are suited for medium mechanical stress in damp and wet environments such as refrigerators, washing machines, spin dryers and other appliances, as long as it meets applicable equipment specifications.318Y to BS 6500 cables are also suited for cooking and heating apparatus, provided that the cable does not come into direct contact with the hot parts of the apparatus or with any other heat source. Further applications of this cable include: Fixed installation in furniture, partition walls, decorative covering, and in the hollow spaces of prefabricated building parts. They are not suitable for outdoor use, industrial (except clothing manufacture) or farming applications. 318Y is equivalent to harmonized code H05VV-F.

Cable Construction

Bare copper fine wire conductor
Stranding to BS 6360 Class 5 or IEC 60228 Class 5
PVC core insulation TI2 to BS 7655
Green/Yellow grounding (3 conductors and above)
PVC outer jacket TM2 to BS 7655

318Y to BS 6500

Core Identification

2 Cores: Blue, Brown
3 Cores: Green/Yellow, Blue, Brown
4 Cores: Green/Yellow, Brown, Black, Grey
5 Cores: Green/Yellow, Brown, Black, Grey, Blue

Technical Characteristics

Working voltage: 300/500 volts
Test voltage: 2000 volts
Flexing bending radius: 7.5xOverall diameter
Static bending radius: 4xOverall diameter
Flexing temperature: -5º C to +70º C
Static temperature: -40º C to +70º C
Short circuit temperature: +160º C
Flame retardant: IEC 60332.1
Insulation resistance: 20 MΩxkm

Cable Parameter

AWG
(No of Strands/
Strand
Diameter)
No. of Cores  x Nominal Cross Sectional Area
#xmm²
Nominal
Thickness
of Insulation
mm
Nominal Thickness of Sheath
mm
Nominal Overall Diameter
mm
Nominal Copper Weight kg/km Nominal Weight kg/km
3182Y
18(24/32) 2x0.75 0.6 0.8 6.4 14.4 57
17(32/32) 2x1.00 0.6 0.8 6.8 19 65
16(30/30) 2x1.50 0.7 0.8 7.6 29 87
14(30/50) 2x2.50 0.8 1.0 9.2 48 134
12(56/28) 2x40 0.8 1.1 10.5 77 174
3183Y
18(24/32) 3x0.75 0.6 0.8 6.8 21.6 68
17(32/32) 3x1.00 0.6 0.8 7.2 29 79
16(30/30) 3x1.50 0.7 0.9 8.2 43 111
14(30/50) 3x2.50 0.8 1.1 10.1 72 169
12(56/28) 3x40 0.8 1.2 11.3 115 233
3184Y
18(24/32) 4x0.75 0.6 0.8 7.4 29 84
17(32/32) 4x1.00 0.6 0.9 8.0 38 101
16(30/30) 4x1.50 0.7 1.0 9.2 58 142
14(30/50) 4x2.50 0.8 1.1 11.2 96 211
12(56/28) 4x4.0 0.8 1.2 12.5 154 292
3185Y
18(24/32) 5x0.75 0.6 0.9 8.5 36 106
17(32/32) 5x1.00 0.6 0.9 8.8 48 123
16(30/30) 5x1.50 0.7 1.1 10.5 72 176
14(30/50) 5x2.50 0.8 1.2 12.4 120 262
12(56/28) 5x4.0 0.8 1.4 13.7 192 369