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

 1.9/3.3kV, 3.3/3.3kV HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed Armoured Fire Resistant Power & Control Cables

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These fire resistant medium voltage 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 GP5 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).
 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

1.9/3.3kV

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

1×25

2.2

1.2

13.4

15.2

0.3

1.4

17.5

19.9

687

1×35

2.2

1.3

14.4

16.4

0.3

1.4

18.6

21.0

806

1×50

2.2

1.3

15.6

17.6

0.3

1.5

20.0

22.8

983

1×70

2.2

1.4

17.6

19.6

0.3

1.6

22.1

25.0

1283

1×95

2.4

1.5

19.8

22.3

0.3

1.7

24.5

27.6

1637

1×120

2.4

1.6

21.7

24.2

0.3

1.7

26.4

29.5

1997

1×150

2.4

1.6

23.2

25.8

0.45

1.8

28.8

32.0

2439

1×185

2.4

1.7

25.2

27.8

0.45

1.9

31.0

34.7

2933

1×240

2.4

1.8

27.9

30.7

0.45

2.0

33.9

37.7

3671

1×300

2.4

1.9

30.4

33.6

0.45

2.1

36.6

40.5

4446

1×400

2.6

2.0

34.1

37.5

0.45

2.3

40.7

45.2

5435

1×500

2.8

2.2

38.0

41.5

0.45

2.5

44.9

49.6

6746

1×630

2.8

2.3

41.6

45.6

0.45

2.6

48.8

54.0

8583

3×25

2.2

1.8

27.4

30.1

0.45

2.0

33.4

37.2

2072

3×35

2.2

1.8

29.3

32.4

0.45

2.1

35.5

39.3

2422

3×50

2.2

1.9

32.1

35.3

0.45

2.2

38.4

42.8

2977

3×70

2.2

2.1

36.2

39.6

0.45

2.4

42.9

47.5

3920

3×95

2.4

2.3

41.0

44.9

0.45

2.6

48.2

53.4

5041

3×120

2.4

2.4

44.9

48.9

0.45

2.7

52.2

57.6

6165

3×150

2.4

2.6

48.4

53.0

0.45

2.9

56.2

61.7

7333

3×185

2.4

2.7

52.5

57.2

0.45

3.0

60.5

66.6

8800

3×240

2.4

3.0

58.5

63.8

0.45

3.3

67.0

73.4

11172

3×300

2.4

3.2

64.0

69.4

0.45

3.5

72.8

79.9

13587

3.3/3.3kV

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

1×25

3.0

1.3

15.1

17.1

0.3

1.5

19.4

22.3

789

1×35

3.0

1.3

16.0

18.0

0.3

1.5

20.3

23.2

900

1×50

3.0

1.4

17.4

19.4

0.3

1.6

21.9

24.8

1097

1×70

3.0

1.5

19.3

21.7

0.3

1.6

23.8

26.8

1392

1×95

3.0

1.5

21.0

23.5

0.3

1.7

25.7

28.8

1715

1×120

3.0

1.6

22.9

25.4

0.3

1.8

27.8

30.9

2097

1×150

3.0

1.7

24.5

27.2

0.45

1.9

30.3

34.0

2568

1×185

3.0

1.7

26.3

29.0

0.45

2.0

32.3

36.1

3050

1×240

3.0

1.8

29.0

32.2

0.45

2.1

35.2

39.1

3798

1×300

3.0

1.9

31.6

34.8

0.45

2.2

37.9

41.9

4582

1×400

3.0

2.1

35.1

38.5

0.45

2.3

41.7

46.2

5533

1×500

3.2

2.2

38.7

42.6

0.45

2.5

45.7

50.4

6828

1×630

3.2

2.4

43.6

46.6

0.45

2.6

49.7

55.0

8712

3×25

3.0

1.9

30.9

34.1

0.45

2.1

37.1

41.1

2358

3×35

3.0

2.0

33.0

36.2

0.45

2.2

39.4

43.8

2747

3×50

3.0

2.1

35.8

39.1

0.45

2.3

42.3

46.9

3325

3×70

3.0

2.2

39.7

43.5

0.45

2.5

46.6

51.4

4274

3×95

3.0

2.4

43.7

47.7

0.45

2.7

51.1

56.4

5347

3×120

3.0

2.5

47.5

51.7

0.45

2.8

55.1

60.6

6493

3×150

3.0

2.7

51.1

55.7

0.45

3.0

59.0

65.1

7684

3×185

3.0

2.8

55.2

60.0

0.45

3.2

63.5

69.8

9213

3×240

3.0

3.1

61.2

66.6

0.45

3.4

69.9

76.8

11583

3×300

3.0

3.3

66.6

72.2

0.45

3.6

75.7

82.9

14031