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

 0.6/1kV HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed Unarmoured 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.
 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 (OD>25mm); 4×OD (OD ≤25mm)
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

Single core cables

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal 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

90

1×6

1.0

1.0

7.2

8.5

135

1×10

1.0

1.0

8.1

9.5

180

1×16

1.0

1.1

9.3

10.7

315

1×25

1.2

1.2

11.5

13.2

550

1×35

1.2

1.2

12.3

14.1

715

1×50

1.4

1.3

14.1

15.9

830

1×70

1.4

1.3

15.8

17.8

1110

1×95

1.6

1.4

18.1

20.2

1470

1×120

1.6

1.5

20.0

22.4

2130

1×150

1.8

1.6

22.0

24.6

2475

1×185

2.0

1.7

24.4

27.0

2870

1×240

2.2

1.8

27.5

30.3

3120

1×300

2.4

1.9

30.4

33.6

4060

Multicore cables

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal 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

145

2×2.5

0.8

1.1

9.8

11.4

180

2×4

1.0

1.2

11.8

13.5

260

2×6

1.0

1.2

12.9

14.6

325

2×10

1.0

1.3

14.9

16.8

445

2×16

1.0

1.4

17.1

19.1

630

2×25

1.2

1.5

21.2

23.7

930

2×35

1.2

1.6

23.1

25.7

1210

2×50

1.4

1.7

26.5

29.2

1630

2×70

1.4

1.9

30.3

33.5

2210

2×95

1.6

2.1

34.9

38.2

3010

2×120

1.6

2.2

38.4

42.2

3690

3×1.5

0.8

1.1

9.6

11.0

170

3×2.5

0.8

1.1

10.4

12.1

210

3×4

1.0

1.2

12.6

14.3

310

3×6

1.0

1.2

13.8

15.5

395

3×10

1.0

1.3

15.9

17.8

590

3×16

1.0

1.4

18.2

20.3

830

3×25

1.2

1.6

22.9

25.4

1270

3×35

1.2

1.7

24.9

27.6

1540

3×50

1.4

1.8

28.5

31.3

2100

3×70

1.4

2.0

32.7

35.9

2870

3×95

1.6

2.2

37.5

41.0

3910

3×120

1.6

2.3

41.3

45.3

4800

3×150

1.8

2.5

45.8

49.9

5810

3×185

2.0

2.7

50.9

55.5

7290

3×240

2.2

2.9

57.5

62.4

9440

4×1.5

0.8

1.1

10.5

12.1

200

4×2.5

0.8

1.1

11.4

13.1

250

4×4

1.0

1.2

13.8

15.6

375

4×6

1.0

1.3

15.3

17.3

495

4×10

1.0

1.4

17.7

19.7

740

4×16

1.0

1.5

20.3

22.8

1050

4×25

1.2

1.7

25.5

28.1

1580

4×35

1.2

1.8

27.7

30.5

1960

4×50

1.4

1.9

31.8

35.0

2570

4×70

1.4

2.1

36.3

39.7

3530

4×95

1.6

2.3

41.7

45.7

4850

4×120

1.6

2.5

46.2

50.3

5990

5×1.5

0.8

1.1

11.4

13.1

220

7×1.5

0.8

1.2

12.6

14.4

285

12×1.5

0.8

1.3

16.8

18.8

465

19×1.5

0.8

1.4

19.9

22.4

680

27×1.5

0.8

1.6

24.3

26.9

960

37×1.5

0.8

1.7

27.4

30.4

1260

5×2.5

0.8

1.2

12.7

14.4

310

7×2.5

0.8

1.2

13.9

15.6

375

12×2.5

0.8

1.4

18.7

20.8

610

19×2.5

0.8

1.5

22.1

24.7

895