BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables 
LV Flame Retardant Power & Control Cables

 0.6/1kV HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed Armoured Fire Resistant Power & Control Cables

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These fire resistant elastomeric insulated cables are designed for fixed wiring in ships and on mobile offshore units, suitable for use in power and control applications where fire integrity is essential.

Standards
 BS 7917
 IEC 60331-31 Fire resistant
 IEC 60332-3A Flame retardant
 IEC 60754-1; IEC 60754-2 Corrosivity
 IEC 61034-2 Smoke density
 Cold bend and impact (-40°C) (on request)
 CSA C22.2 No. 38-95 (on request)

Construction
 Conductor: Tinned copper wire stranded circular cl. 2 BS 6360/IEC 60228.
 Insulation: Mica tape + HF-EPR GP4 according to BS 7655 1.2.
 Inner Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SB1 according to BS 7917.
 Armour: Galvanized steel wire braid or tinned bronze wire braid (single core). Copper wire braid can be offered upon request.
 Outer Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SW4 according to BS 7655 2.6 or reduced halogen thermosetting compound SW2 according to BS 7655 2.6.

Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Minimum Internal Bending Radius: 6×OD
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

Single core cables

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Inner Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum  Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Maximum Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Nominal Armour Wire Diameter
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×4

1.0

1.0

6.7

8.0

0.3

1.1

10.2

12.1

245

1×6

1.0

1.0

7.2

8.5

0.3

1.1

10.8

12.6

275

1×10

1.0

1.0

8.1

9.5

0.3

1.2

11.9

13.8

355

1×16

1.0

1.1

9.3

10.7

0.3

1.2

13.1

15.0

440

1×25

1.2

1.2

11.5

13.2

0.3

1.3

15.4

17.7

600

1×35

1.2

1.2

12.3

14.1

0.3

1.4

16.5

18.8

720

1×50

1.4

1.3

14.1

15.9

0.3

1.4

18.2

20.6

910

1×70

1.4

1.3

15.8

17.8

0.3

1.5

20.2

23.0

1170

1×95

1.6

1.4

18.1

20.2

0.3

1.6

22.6

25.6

1510

1×120

1.6

1.5

20.0

22.4

0.3

1.7

24.7

27.7

1830

1×150

1.8

1.6

22.0

24.6

0.3

1.8

26.9

30.1

2160

1×185

2.0

1.7

24.4

27.0

0.45

1.9

30.2

33.9

2790

1×240

2.2

1.8

27.5

30.3

0.45

2.0

33.5

37.3

3530

1×300

2.4

1.9

30.4

33.6

0.45

2.1

36.6

40.5

4280

Multicore cables

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Inner Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum  Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Maximum Diameter Over Inner Sheath
mm

Nominal Armour Wire Diameter
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

2×1.5

0.8

1.1

9.0

10.4

0.3

1.2

12.7

14.7

310

2×2.5

0.8

1.1

9.8

11.4

0.3

1.2

13.6

15.5

355

2×4

1.0

1.2

11.8

13.5

0.3

1.3

15.7

18.0

475

2×6

1.0

1.2

12.9

14.6

0.3

1.4

17.0

19.3

580

2×10

1.0

1.3

14.9

16.8

0.3

1.4

19.0

21.4

750

2×16

1.0

1.4

17.1

19.1

0.3

1.5

21.4

24.3

980

2×25

1.2

1.5

21.2

23.7

0.3

1.7

25.9

29.0

1380

2×35

1.2

1.6

23.1

25.7

0.3

1.8

28.0

31.2

1710

2×50

1.4

1.7

26.5

29.2

0.45

2.0

32.5

36.3

2370

2×70

1.4

1.9

30.3

33.5

0.45

2.1

36.5

40.5

3100

2×95

1.6

2.1

34.9

38.2

0.45

2.3

41.4

46.0

4020

2×120

1.6

2.2

38.4

42.2

0.45

2.5

45.4

50.1

4870

3×1.5

0.8

1.1

9.6

11.0

0.3

1.2

13.3

15.3

345

3×2.5

0.8

1.1

10.4

12.1

0.3

1.3

14.4

16.4

405

3×4

1.0

1.2

12.6

14.3

0.3

1.3

16.5

18.8

540

3×6

1.0

1.2

13.8

15.5

0.3

1.4

17.9

20.2

660

3×10

1.0

1.3

15.9

17.8

0.3

1.5

20.2

23.0

910

3×16

1.0

1.4

18.2

20.3

0.3

1.6

22.8

25.7

1200

3×25

1.2

1.6

22.9

25.4

0.3

1.8

27.8

30.9

1760

3×35

1.2

1.7

24.9

27.6

0.45

1.9

30.7

34.4

2260

3×50

1.4

1.8

28.5

31.3

0.45

2.0

34.5

38.4

2880

3×70

1.4

2.0

32.7

35.9

0.45

2.2

39.0

43.5

3800

3×95

1.6

2.2

37.5

41.0

0.45

2.4

44.3

48.9

4890

3×120

1.6

2.3

41.3

45.3

0.45

2.6

48.5

53.7

6070

3×150

1.8

2.5

45.8

49.9

0.45

2.8

53.3

58.7

7270

3×185

2.0

2.7

50.9

55.5

0.45

3.0

58.8

64.9

8970

3×240

2.2

2.9

57.5

62.4

0.45

3.2

65.8

72.2

1350

4×1.5

0.8

1.1

10.5

12.1

0.3

1.3

14.4

16.4

395

4×2.5

0.8

1.1

11.4

13.1

0.3

1.3

15.4

17.6

465

4×4

1.0

1.2

13.8

15.6

0.3

1.4

17.9

20.3

640

4×6

1.0

1.3

15.3

17.3

0.3

1.5

19.6

22.5

790

4×10

1.0

1.4

17.7

19.7

0.3

1.6

22.2

25.1

1070

4×16

1.0

1.5

20.3

22.8

0.3

1.7

25.0

28.1

1460

4×25

1.2

1.7

25.5

28.1

0.45

1.9

31.3

35.0

2140

4×35

1.2

1.8

27.7

30.5

0.45

2.0

33.7

37.5

2670

4×50

1.4

1.9

31.8

35.0

0.45

2.2

38.1

42.1

3630

4×70

1.4

2.1

36.3

39.7

0.45

2.4

43.1

47.7

4740

4×95

1.6

2.3

41.7

45.7

0.45

2.6

48.9

54.1

6290

4×120

1.6

2.5

46.2

50.3

0.45

2.8

53.7

59.2

7670

5×1.5

0.8

1.1

11.4

13.1

0.3

1.3

15.4

17.6

455

7×1.5

0.8

1.2

12.6

14.4

0.3

1.3

16.6

18.9

530

12×1.5

0.8

1.3

16.8

18.8

0.3

1.5

21.2

24.0

790

19×1.5

0.8

1.4

19.9

22.4

0.3

1.6

24.4

27.5

1080

27×1.5

0.8

1.6

24.3

26.9

0.3

1.8

29.2

32.8

1460

37×1.5

0.8

1.7

27.4

30.4

0.45

1.9

33.2

37.0

1990

5×2.5

0.8

1.2

12.7

14.4

0.3

1.3

16.6

18.9

560

7×2.5

0.8

1.2

13.9

15.6

0.3

1.4

18.0

20.3

650

12×2.5

0.8

1.4

18.7

20.8

0.3

1.6

23.2

26.2

970

19×2.5

0.8

1.5

22.1

24.7

0.3

1.7

26.8

30.0

1360