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

 3.8/6.6kV, 6.35/11kV, 8.7/15kV HF-EPR Insulated, SW2/SW4 Sheathed Unarmoured Flame Retardant Power & Control Cables (Radial Field)

BS 6883&BS7917 STANDARD Offshore & Marine Cables

Application
These 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.

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.
 Conductor Screen: Semiconducting layer or tape.
 Insulation: HF-EPR GP5 according to BS 7655 1.2.
 Insulation Screen: Semiconducting layer or tape +Tinned copper tape.
 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: 15×OD (single core); 20×OD (three core)
Temperature Range: -40℃ ~ +90℃

Dimensions and Weight

3.8/6.6kV

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×16

3.0

1.3

16.0

18.0

492

1×25

3.0

1.3

17.6

19.7

658

1×35

3.0

1.4

18.7

20.8

776

1×50

3.0

1.4

19.9

22.3

942

1×70

3.0

1.5

21.8

24.3

1229

1×95

3.0

1.6

23.7

26.3

1546

1×120

3.0

1.6

25.4

28.0

1890

1×150

3.0

1.7

27.0

29.8

2242

1×185

3.0

1.8

29.0

32.1

2713

1×240

3.0

1.9

31.7

35.0

3427

1×300

3.0

2.0

34.3

37.6

4177

1×400

3.0

2.1

37.6

41.1

5145

1×500

3.2

2.3

41.4

45.5

6408

1×630

3.2

2.4

45.1

49.2

8134

3×16

3.0

1.8

32.7

36.0

1482

3×25

3.0

2.0

36.5

39.9

2031

3×35

3.0

2.0

38.4

41.9

2359

3×50

3.0

2.2

41.3

45.3

2918

3×70

3.0

2.3

45.3

49.4

3788

3×95

3.0

2.5

49.3

53.9

4776

3×120

3.0

2.6

53.1

57.8

5868

3×150

3.0

2.7

56.5

61.4

6933

3×185

3.0

2.9

60.8

66.1

8401

3×240

3.0

3.1

66.6

72.2

10616

6.35/11kV

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×16

3.4

1.3

16.8

18.8

524

1×25

3.4

1.4

18.6

20.7

704

1×35

3.4

1.4

19.4

21.9

813

1×50

3.4

1.5

20.8

23.3

994

1×70

3.4

1.5

22.6

25.1

1272

1×95

3.4

1.6

24.4

27.1

1592

1×120

3.4

1.7

26.3

29.0

1956

1×150

3.4

1.7

27.8

30.6

2294

1×185

3.4

1.8

29.8

32.9

2769

1×240

3.4

1.9

32.5

35.8

3487

1×300

3.4

2.0

35.0

38.4

4242

1×400

3.4

2.1

38.4

41.9

5208

1×500

3.4

2.3

41.8

45.8

6442

1×630

3.4

2.4

45.5

49.6

8176

3×16

3.4

1.9

34.5

37.9

1601

3×25

3.4

2.0

38.2

41.6

2139

3×35

3.4

2.1

40.2

44.1

2497

3×50

3.4

2.2

43.0

47.0

3040

3×70

3.4

2.4

47.1

51.3

3949

3×95

3.4

2.5

51.0

55.6

4919

3×120

3.4

2.7

55.0

59.8

6055

3×150

3.4

2.8

58.4

63.3

7132

3×185

3.4

3.0

62.7

68.1

8613

3×240

3.4

3.2

68.5

74.1

10848

8.7/15kV

Construction
No. of cores×Cross section(mm²)

Nominal Insulation Thickness
mm

Nominal Outer Sheath Thickness
mm

Minimum Overall Diameter
mm

Maximum Overall Diameter
Mm

Approx. Weight
kg/km

1×25

4.5

1.5

20.9

23.4

808

1×35

4.5

1.5

21.7

24.3

921

1×50

4.5

1.5

22.9

25.5

1110

1×70

4.5

1.6

24.9

27.5

1396

1×95

4.5

1.7

26.7

29.5

1726

1×120

4.5

1.8

28.6

31.4

2099

1×150

4.5

1.8

30.1

33.3

2445

1×185

4.5

1.9

32.1

35.3

2929

1×240

4.5

2.0

34.8

38.2

3661

1×300

4.5

2.1

37.3

40.8

4429

1×400

4.5

2.2

40.7

44.6

5390

1×500

4.5

2.4

44.1

48.2

6638

1×630

4.5

2.5

47.8

52.0

8415

3×25

4.5

2.2

43.1

47.1

2458

3×35

4.5

2.3

45.2

49.2

2832

3×50

4.5

2.4

47.9

52.1

3395

3×70

4.5

2.6

52.1

56.7

4336

3×95

4.5

2.7

55.9

60.7

5334

3×120

4.5

2.9

59.9

64.9

6500

3×150

4.5

3.0

63.3

68.7

7602

3×185

4.5

3.2

67.6

73.2

9116