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

 150/250V HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed, Collectively Screened Unarmoured Flame Retardant Instrumentation & Control Cables

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These elastomeric insulated cables are designed for fixed wiring in ships and on mobile offshore units, suitable for use in instrumentation, lighting and control circuits.

Standards
 BS 6883
 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: HF-EPR GP4 according to BS 7655 1.2.
 Lay-up: Pairs, triples.
 Collective Screen: Aluminium/polyester tape + drain wire tinned copper.
 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: 8×OD
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

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

Multipair

3×2×0.75

0.8

1.2

12.6

14.5

175

7×2×0.75

0.8

1.4

16.6

18.7

330

12×2×0.75

0.8

1.6

21.7

24.2

530

20×2×0.75

0.8

1.8

27.3

30.1

830

27×2×0.75

0.8

1.9

31.1

34.2

1070

37×2×0.75

0.8

2.1

34.4

37.7

1430

3×2×1

0.8

1.2

13.3

15.3

185

7×2×1

0.8

1.4

17.6

19.8

360

12×2×1

0.8

1.6

23.1

25.7

590

20×2×1

0.8

1.8

29.1

31.9

920

27×2×1

0.8

2.0

33.3

36.6

1220

37×2×1

0.8

2.2

36.9

40.3

1630

Multitriple

3×3×0.75

0.8

1.3

14.2

16.2

230

7×3×0.75

0.8

1.4

19.4

21.9

440

12×3×0.75

0.8

1.7

24.2

26.8

730

3×3×1

0.8

1.3

15.1

17.1

260

7×3×1

0.8

1.5

20.9

23.4

510

12×3×1

0.8

1.7

25.8

28.5

840