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

 150/250V HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed, Collectively Screened Armoured 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.
 Inner Sheath: Halogen free thermosetting compound SW4 according to BS 7655 2.6 or reduced halogen thermosetting compound SW2 according to BS 7655 2.6.
 Armour: Galvanized steel wire braid. Tinned bronze 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: 8×OD
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

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

Multipair

3×2×0.75

0.8

1.2

12.6

14.5

0.3

1.4

16.7

19.0

390

7×2×0.75

0.8

1.4

16.6

18.7

0.3

1.5

20.9

23.8

620

12×2×0.75

0.8

1.6

21.7

24.2

0.3

1.7

26.4

29.5

930

20×2×0.75

0.8

1.8

27.3

30.1

0.45

2.0

33.3

37.1

1460

27×2×0.75

0.8

1.9

31.1

34.2

0.45

2.2

37.4

41.4

1810

37×2×0.75

0.8

2.1

34.4

37.7

0.45

2.3

41.0

45.5

2270

3×2×1

0.8

1.2

13.3

15.3

0.3

1.4

17.4

19.8

410

7×2×1

0.8

1.4

17.6

19.8

0.3

1.6

22.1

25.1

680

12×2×1

0.8

1.6

23.1

25.7

0.3

1.8

28.0

31.2

1010

20×2×1

0.8

1.8

29.0

31.9

0.45

2.1

35.3

39.2

1600

27×2×1

0.8

2.0

33.3

36.6

0.45

2.2

39.7

44.2

2000

37×2×1

0.8

2.2

36.9

40.3

0.45

2.4

43.7

48.3

2540

Multitriple

3×3×0.75

0.8

1.3

14.2

16.2

0.3

1.4

18.3

20.7

480

7×3×0.75

0.8

1.4

19.4

21.9

0.3

1.6

24.0

27.0

780

12×3×0.75

0.8

1.7

24.2

26.8

0.45

1.9

29.3

32.9

1320

3×3×1

0.8

1.3

15.1

17.1

0.3

1.5

19.4

22.2

530

7×3×1

0.8

1.5

20.9

23.4

0.3

1.7

25.6

28.7

890

12×3×1

0.8

1.7

25.8

28.5

0.45

2.0

31.8

35.5

1480